Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Arts

Chapter 34 - Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Arts

The twentieth century is basically a reflection of
- war
  - World War I
  - Bolshevik Revolution
  - Spanish Civil War
  - World War II
- numerous totalitarian dictatorships
  - Stalin
  - Hitler
  - Mussolini
- the obscenities of these wars and dictatorships left their indelible mark on 20th century culture
  - First World War
    - poetry of Owen and Yeats
    - novels of Remarque
    - art of Ernst and Grosz
  - Second World War
    - Heller
    - first hand experience of the gulags and concentration camps
  - Spanish Civil War
    - Picasso
  - photography and cinema documented the facts of 20th century warfare
  - traditional art forms were employed by all sides for propoganda supportings the vaious sides

Outline for Chapter 34 - Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Arts

Total War
- literary responses to World War I
- art of Ernst and Grosz
- Lenin and the Russian Revolution
Great Depression in America
- Steinbeck
- Benton and the Regionalists
Hitler and Nazi totalitarianism
- racism
- fascism and the state
Second World War
- causes
- poetry
- fiction
- painting
Totalitarianism
- literary responses
- film and photojournalism
- music
- visual arts in China

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