Humanities II

1 .Mass Culture

2 .Stream-of-Consciousness - A stream of consciousness is a way of describing an individual 's thought process . When spelled out in written form , it may appear nonsensical as stream of consciousness writing is more or less a of an internal dialgue

3 .Epic Theater Bertolt Brecht was the architect behind this form of theater which promoted the notion that while entertaining a crowd is important , the main goal of a play should be to impart a sense of though provoking questioning in the audience

4 .Logical Positivism

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.Existentialism - Existentialism is one of the more misunderstood philosophical movements . Often confused with cynicism , existentialism seeks to discover the meaning of life and the place of the individual in the world . Ultimately , existentialism seeks to view life on its own merits and not on a subjective basis

6 .I .M . Pei

7 .Constructivism - This was an art movement that was founded in the very early 20th century in Russia . Originated by Vlad Tatlin , this was an expansion of abstract art to include constructed images within the confines of artistic sculptures

8 .Socialist Realism - This movement of art came out of the old Soviet Union and was designed to sing the glory and praises of the socialist state . While socialism has long since proven to be an utterly failed system of government , at least the paintings were nice

9 .De Stijl

10 . Dada - This art movement stressed a departure from the boredom of convention and tradition to such a degree that Dadaism could even be considered iconoclastic . In a way , Dadaism an abolishment of traditional culture and sought to replace it with a new way of living

11 .Surrealism - This is a movement of art that seeks to present images that appear out of a dreamlike state in the sense that there is a great deal of emphasis on combining objects that do not seem to go together within the context they are presented . Surrealism , however , does not represent chaos , but rather an ly version of the illogical

12 .International Style - Born in Western Europe in the 1920 's International Style was a very popular form of architecture that took the world by storm with its simplistic concept and look . Based mostly around rectangular shapes , this style was the dominant form of architecture in the USA in the 20th century

13 .Serial Music - On a basic level , serial music refers to certain types of music that is based on a repetition of elements such as pitch , pace timbre et al . This does not mean that any music that throws a series of repetitions together yields serial music ' but rather serial music would use the repetitions to create a clear and original sound that is of high aesthetic quality

14 .Frank Lloyd Wright - Wright was probably the most influential architects in history . The reason that Wright is so revered is because he emphasized innovation as opposed to imitation . By not playing it safe ' and stressing innovation as his motivating factor...