Warm UpWarm UpAnswer the following questions based on Answer the following questions based on the Mass Society Timeline (p. 612-13):the Mass Society Timeline (p. 612-13):
a. When did the Civil War begin in the United States?
b. How many years passed between the invention of the telephone and the Kodak camera?
c. Who invented the radio?
d. In which year did World War I begin?
Essential QuestionEssential Question
►Why did the industrial Why did the industrial revolution lead to a revolution lead to a
new modern new modern consciousness?consciousness?
RomanticismRomanticism
►Reaction against Reaction against Enlightenment Enlightenment thinkingthinking
►Enlightenment Enlightenment stressed reason stressed reason as the means of as the means of discovering truthdiscovering truth
RomanticismRomanticism
►Emphasized Emphasized feelings, feelings, emotions, and emotions, and imagination as imagination as sources of sources of knowingknowing
LiteratureLiterature
►Walter ScottWalter Scott
► IvanhoeIvanhoe
►About knights in About knights in medieval medieval EnglandEngland
Romantic Romantic PoetryPoetry
► Love of natureLove of nature
““One impulse from a One impulse from a vernal woodvernal wood
May teach you more May teach you more of man,of man,
Of moral evil and of Of moral evil and of good,good,
Than all the sages Than all the sages can.”can.”
Romantic LiteratureRomantic Literature
►Concerned that Concerned that science and science and industrialization industrialization would cause a would cause a separation of separation of people from their people from their inner selves and inner selves and from naturefrom nature
Romantic ArtRomantic Art
►Abandon classical Abandon classical use of reason; use of reason; focus on an focus on an artist’s inner artist’s inner feelingsfeelings
Romantic MusicRomantic Music
►Ludwig von Ludwig von BeethovenBeethoven
““I must write, for I must write, for what weighs on what weighs on my heart, I must my heart, I must express.”express.”
New Age in ScienceNew Age in Science
►Accompanied Accompanied the Industrial the Industrial RevolutionRevolution
Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur
►Proposed the Proposed the germ theory of germ theory of diseasedisease
►Led to modern Led to modern medicinemedicine
Dmitry Dmitry MendeleyevMendeleyev
►Classified all Classified all elements on elements on the basis of the basis of their atomic their atomic weightsweights
Michael FaradayMichael Faraday
►Primitive Primitive generator that generator that led to the use of led to the use of electric currentelectric current
SecularismSecularism
►Discoveries led Discoveries led to a growing to a growing faith in sciencefaith in science
►For some, this For some, this led to a rejection led to a rejection of religionof religion
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin
►On the Origin of On the Origin of Species by Species by Natural Means of Natural Means of SelectionSelection
►Organic Organic evolutionevolution
►Natural selectionNatural selection
Marie CurieMarie Curie
►French scientistFrench scientist
►Discovered that Discovered that an element called an element called radium gave off radium gave off energy or energy or radiationradiation
Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein
► 1905 – theory of 1905 – theory of relativityrelativity
► Space and time are Space and time are not absolute, but not absolute, but relative to the relative to the observerobserver
►Matter is another Matter is another form of energyform of energy
Social DarwinismSocial Darwinism
►The “fit” or strong The “fit” or strong advance while the advance while the weak declineweak decline
►Also applied to Also applied to nationsnations
Growth of Anti-SemitismGrowth of Anti-Semitism
►Hostility toward Hostility toward Jews in EuropeJews in Europe
►Many were Many were successful successful doctors, bankers, doctors, bankers, lawyers, and lawyers, and scientistsscientists
Growth of Anti-SemitismGrowth of Anti-Semitism
►Persecution in Persecution in eastern Europeeastern Europe
►Pogroms – Pogroms – organized organized massacresmassacres
ZionismZionism
►Many moved to Many moved to PalestinePalestine
► Jewish national Jewish national movement to movement to regain the regain the homeland of homeland of ancient Israelancient Israel
Modernism in Modernism in CultureCulture►1870-19141870-1914
►Artists and writers Artists and writers rebelled against rebelled against traditional stylestraditional styles
ImpressionismImpressionism
►Form of paintingForm of painting
►Rejected Rejected working in working in studios, went studios, went out into nature out into nature to paintto paint
George EastmanGeorge Eastman
►Created the first Created the first Kodak camera in Kodak camera in 18881888
PicassoPicasso
►Created cubism – Created cubism – use geometric use geometric designs to designs to recreate realityrecreate reality
Abstract PaintingAbstract Painting
►Began in 1910 Began in 1910 with Wassily with Wassily KandinskyKandinsky
ArchitectureArchitecture
►Emphasis on Emphasis on functionalismfunctionalism
►Buildings should Buildings should fulfill the purpose fulfill the purpose for which they for which they were builtwere built
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