Violent labor strikes were actually an attempt by workers to bring democracy into the workplace by overturning topdown management. He also describes how radical movements in art and literature clashed with the dominant cultural norms of the time. This class is just under an hour. I want to look at the debate in the early 20th century over what is called modernism. How these things work into some of the anxieties we have been talking about really all semester about the rise of modern america and spilling over into the postwar years. Lets look at some quotes from people we have heard from before in the semester to reestablish what the if those was. Walter lippman 1914. He says we can no longer treat life as something that will trickle down to us. We have to deal with it deliberately, devise its social organization formulate its methods, educate and control it. A classic progressive era approach. Chain atoms. Our friend jane adams. She writes, life in the suburbs above all it has been cal
On the development of National Parks, he points out that the parks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them, or preserve them. He trespasses to keep hunters off them. So the army, really because of the efforts of phil, the commanding general at the time the army steps in and literally saves the National Parks until another organization can be created. For better or worse, the army in the west did much more than just fight indians. The people have historically had a fear of the regular army. From our english traditions, really, and revolutionary war traditions. We fear a Standing Army. Again, it is hard for modern observers to kind of real life because now the military is one of the most trusted institutions in united date. But that wasnt the case in the 19th century. Watch all of our events from Corpus Christi today at 2 00 eastern on cspan3. Next, st. Marys college of maryland professor Charles Holden talks about the modernist art movement, labor unre
This class is just under an hour. I want to look at the debate in the early 20th century over what is called modernism. And how these debates are going to work into some of the anxieties we have been talking about really all semester about the rise of modern america and spilling over into the postwar years. To start with, lets look at some quotes from people we have heard from before in the semester to reestablish what the progressive itosethos was. Walter lippman, 1914. He says we can no longer treat life as something that will trickle down to us. We have to deal with it deliberately, devise its social organization, formulate its methods, educate and control it. A classic progressive era approach. Jane adams. Our friend jane adams. She writes, life in the settlement discovers above all it has been called the extraordinary pliability of human nature. A phrase she probably got from john stuart mill. And it seems impossible to set any bounds to any ideal deal to the moral capability that
Now the 20th century, and not to copy what the greeks saw and felt in art over 2000 years ago. Here is the key line, above all the great thing is to express oneself. The reporter, i thought of a celebrated canvas matisse once produced of blue tomatoes. Why blue, he was asked . Because i see them that way and i cannot help it if no one else does. This interview goes on and on. For matisse, we see how the modern artist is less impressed with copying the forms and techniques from previous generations. We see how the new artists are creating greater premium on the emotional power of the work. They sought some deeper emotional relationship to their work, to achieve an emotional fulfillment through their work. Whether or not the end result looks like the subject mattered less and less. Theyre using their art to access something within. Does that sound like freud . I think it does. Coming after the powerful realist movement, realism approximately 1850 to the late 1880s into the 1890s, the rea
Bill 480 televisions stations across the u. S. And canada. Sandra he leaves behind 19 grandchildren, great children. His family putting out a press release saying he died at his home of Natural Causes, 99 years old. Bill, he had a message and he took that message to the world. Bill it is no coincidence that the universe has us focus on his life and legacy now at a time for the past week of all our lives weve been asking our own introspective questions as to how a 19yearold american can take a gun and walk into a school and seek out to kill his former classmates. And now here is a man who led by example and knew it was a challenge. Every day in his own life to carry that word forward and he lived by that example. Sandra his message, god loves you and he took that to multiple president s right here in the United States. He took that message across the world during his very long life. 99 years old. Well have much more on grahams life and legacy coming up throughout the morning. Bill anoth