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what movement focused on light?
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symbolism, late 1800s
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what movement focused on dreams, using techniques like skrims? Also, it had archetypal characters with no names (usually).
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impressionism (1890s)
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what movement involved emotions trying to invoke social change, and was very abstract, with a bombardment of senses, and was not really successful?
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Surrealism - mainly written by Artaud (at least is the most notable). No date given in studyguide.
Called "cruel" theater |
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What movement involved logic, trying to invoce social change through thinking and forcing people to see themselves, and which used "alienation", making you always remember you were watching a play, trying to keep you from feeling emotion, trying to keep you logical?
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Expressionism (1910-1930s) Brecht was the main writer here.
Called "epic" theater |
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art is irrelivant
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dadaism (1920s)
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set design was a machine for the actors
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constructivism (1920s) popular in Russia. Focus on set design (I think)
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life is circular and meaningless
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absurdism, (1940s-1950s) response to WWII. Lots of repetition. Lots of stuff written, still performed today - relatively popular for an ism.
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