CH.9 SECTION 4

Cultural and Intellectual Trends

Radio and Movies

Radio broadcasting began in the 1920’sMovies- the first full-length features- came

about just after WWIBoth had propaganda potential- an easy way

to reach the massesPropaganda Ministry in Germany- made

movies to get the Nazi message out

Mass Leisure

8 hour work days left more time for funProfessional sporting events, movies,

concertsTravel was easier because of trains and carsTotalitarian states used this as a way to

control people Created programs to provide activities or vacations

for working class people

Artistic trends

Abstract art: believed the world made no sense, so why should art?

Dadaists: obsessed with the idea that life has no purpose

Surrealism: portrayed fantasies, dreams, or nightmares to show a reality beyond the conscious one. Salvador Dali- placed every day objects out of context

Modern Architecture

Inspired by modernismWanted functional buildings that combined

technology and craft Buildings have clean horizontal lines, and a business

like lookHitler did not approve of this movement

Wanted buildings that would glorify the Nazi state

Literature

Writers wanted to explore the subconscious Used “stream of consciousness”

James Joyce- Ulysses tells the story of one day in the lives of ordinary people by following their inner thoughts

Hermann Hesse- used Buddhist ideas to show the psychological confusion of modern existence

Physics

Werner HeisenbergUncertainty principle- suggests that all

physical laws are based on uncertainty The behavior of sub-atomic particles is unpredictable

Changed how the world was viewed