Edward Estlin Cummings is probably one of the best known experimental poetry authors of all time. He wrote with a bizarre style and a complete disregard for the rules of conventional poetry, and English in general. This is what draws most people to his poetry. But poetry was not all that he did in his ...
Hannah Hoch, one of the few woman artists of her time, was a vital catalyst for the growth of Dadaism and the recognition of females in art. Throughout her career, Hoch bore oppression against her artistic statements and against her gender. In spite of this, she emerged from oppression with much of her work still ...
Throughout history there have always been moments when the foundations and basis of common trends shatter and a shift in style occurs in the world of art. The reasons for such changes range from revolutionary new ways of introducing application of art to how the style is applied. During the settling period after World War ...
Explanation and Instructions A Dadaist poem is a form of collage. Dadaism is a cultural movement that began during World War I and is rooted in the idea that anyone and everyone can (and should) create art. Actually, the movement considered itself “anit-art” and still does, meaning that art should be something done by the ...
Nihilism, essentially the belief that life has no meaning, has a great deal of potential to negatively affect society. When nihilism has a strong hold on a given society, it typically causes the destruction of the arts, the erosion of moral values, suicidal tendencies, and the destruction of any desire to improve society through progress ...
