A Culture 1 Evidence of society 1 Address values and activities Identifying characteristics a A Low culture i ii Accessibility Low not in a value sense Mozart Of accessibility b High culture Visual arts B Wall between High and Low culture before War a Authority of high culture took a hit iii i i ii iii i i ii iii iv v vi b Low culture was vulgar common Common thing to do c Dadaism Governments Churches Powerful Property owning and wealthy Always associated with the Establishment High authority bankrolled high culture Mozart wrote for money because he didn t have money Appeared to be about betrayal Many said we have been misled by those we trusted the leaders Everything was about death and destruction A movement of rejection Statement saying that you leaders have betrayed us They were in a neutral country with nothing to do Had no money and had too much time on their hands Led to rejectionism Many people fled their countries to avoid military service and went to Switzerland Producing art that was supposed to reject art Tristan Tzara Set the rules for rejecting art Surrealism Duchamp Picasso breaking of the rules became the rules Braque Name means sadness in the land The name was the origin of Dadaism Stole a urinal and signed it 2 Writers A New writing styles a Hemmingway b Proast c Kafka i ii Badly damaged soul Saw the world as an unfair place He was also Jewish so he faced anti Semitism d Herman Hesse 3 Music 2 Aesthetics 1 Beauty does not have to be confused with prettiness A In the 20s a Ortega and Gassett i ii Everywhere you look there are crowds Where did all these people come from All of a sudden barriers broke down Break down of rigidity in access to culture What s different about people post WWI b Socialism iii People think it s their birthright for access to culture Austria Hungary Taken over by socialism after WWI by Kun It scared a lot of people People even thought it would lead to the destruction of culture B High culture and low culture exist together but not well a Ortega and Gassett didn t like the direction of culture but couldn t do anything about it i Values were declining Feared for the diminution of quality Things were breaking down Culture is being devalued b American Influence i Jazz c Painting Best artist during that time Picasso Made a whole new form of art Every nation had its art academy Every year there was a national show Europeans were stunned by it either loved or hated it d Germans led the development of architecture with US in second Make buildings feel like old ancient buildings to make people feel confident Francis Wright was the best architect in the US i ii i ii i ii
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