Dada & Surrealism
Fascism
The European Theater
The Pacific Theater
Everything!
100
"forward guard" social political tendencies with artistic goals stylistically unique revolutionary goals, wanted to change life
What is the avant-garde!
100
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays
What is "Powerful and Continuing Nationalism"?
100
The US adopted this policy of non-interventionism during the beginning of World War II.
What is isolationism?
100
- The main US strategy in the Pacific War. - Because it had to fight over a vast space, the US decided to attack Japan on selected islands and “hop” over others. - The US plan specifically focused on capturing islands where the Japanese had fewer defenses. They then set up airbases on these islands and bombed the more heavily protected Japanese outposts.
What is "island hopping"?
100
Created by Sigmund Freud, it is the non-conscious part of the mind. It affects conscious character, but we have no access to it. Represents our true desires as humans. We have two primal instincts: self-preservation and sexual gratifications. Humans are pure desire, you never get what you want.
What is the unconscious?
200
Demonstrated through painting, photography and literature, is an attempt to capture the essence of the unconscious. Succeed in recording context of dreams. Depicting microcosms, worlds within worlds.
What is Surrealism!!
200
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of the “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
What is "Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights"?
200
Britain and France adopted this policy of making concessions to an aggressor to preserve peace to avoid war with Germany.
What is appeasement?
200
- One of the two of the most important naval battles in the Pacific War - The turning point in the Pacific. - On June 3, 1942, Japanese forces attacked US troops. However, by June 5, the Japanese had lost all four of their aircraft carriers and were without the necessary aircraft to successfully fight the Americans. The Japanese were forced to retreat.
What is the Battle of Midway?
200
West changes through industrial revolution, rise of the urban experience, rise of the middle class. Exemplified by Manet's Olympia.
What is modernity?
300
Represents the ideals of modernity: bringing together technology and art; depicting modern life. Depicts demimonde: there is a world in existence that we don't care to pay attention to, or care to care about. We fail to notice.
What is photography?
300
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities, liberals, communists, socialists, terrorists, etc.
What is the "Identification of Scapegoats/Enemies as a Unifying Cause"?
300
Germany, Italy, Japan US, Britain, Soviet Union, and France
Who is the Axis Powers? Who is the Allied Powers?
300
- The US island hopping strategy required the American forces to fight many difficult battles across the Pacific. Over time, the American forces captured numerous islands, shrinking the distance between themselves and the Japanese home islands. By early 1945, the Pacific War was entering its final phase. Needing an airbase from which to eventually launch an attack on Japan, the United States invaded the island of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. - The fighting at this battle was brutal and continuous, but the American forces eventually overpowered the outnumbered Japanese troops.
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima?
300
- Hitler occupied this country because he coveted the rich pastures of the region called the Sudetenland. - Britain and France used their policy of appeasement to avoid war with Germany, here. - Britain decided Hitler could take this country, only if he promised that it would be the last "territorial demand in Europe." - Hitler occupied this country.
What is the Czechoslovakia Crisis?
400
Head guy of surrealism who wrote the "Surrealist Manifesto" and the poem "Always for the First Time."
Who is Andre Breton?
400
Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
What is the "Supremacy of the Military"?
400
- The Allies invaded northwestern Europe in June 1944, on the beaches of Normandy in France. - Thousands of soldiers poured onto the Normandy beaches, aircraft rained a steady stream of bombs from above and ships anchored offshore fired round after round of ammunition toward the German coastal defenses. - The Allies finally broke free of the beachhead and began to push toward Paris. The Allied forces liberated France and Belgium in August 1944 and began their march on Germany.
What is Operation Overlord?
400
- Hours after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese attack American bases in the Philippines. Outnumbered, General Douglas MacArthur retreated to the Bataan Peninsula. After 3 months of fighting, FDR orders the General to retreat to Australia. The remaining troops are captured by the Japanese. They were tortured, killed, underfed and walked under terrible conditions.
What is the Bataan Death March?
400
- Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact, pledging not to attack one another in the case of war.
What is the Nonagression Pact?
500
Surrealist photographer who walked around the city. Through his photography, found the beauty in regular things that no one pays attention to.
Who is Brassai?
500
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
What is "Rampant Sexism"?
500
- December 1944, the German divisions attacked Allied forces stationed in Ardennes, Belgium and Luxembourg. - The outnumbered and unprepared American troops held the Germans off while they waited for reinforcements. - The Allies won this battle in January 1945, after successfully pushing the Germans back to the east. - In March 1945, the Allies entered Germany and began moving toward the heart of Hitler’s empire in Berlin.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
500
- Establishing control over the skies and waters of southeast Asia.
What is the key to winning the war in the Pacific?
500
The Beginning of WWII!
What is the Invasion of Poland?