Modern Thought and Culture in 1900: Crash Course European History #31

Europe was in transition politically and culturally at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, we're looking at the dawn of modern science, and the rise of Modernism in the arts, especially in music, dance, and visual arts. We'll look at changes in music and dance with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and explore the groundbreaking visual art of the Impressionists.

Sources
-Hunt, Lynn. Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures. Boston: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2019.
-Smith, Bonnie G. Europe in the Contemporary World since 1900. 2nd ed. London: Bloomsbury, 2020.

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[zackakai]

"This painting looks like being on the internet feels"

That might be the truest statement ever uttered on Crash Course.

[lhfirex]

That Freudian slip joke was fantastic.

[ACivillage]

well me, an Indian, watching an American show as soon as it gets uploaded and commenting my thoughts over it, is certainly something extraordinary which we as a generation has achieved


that's what might be remembered after 100 years from now

[LuinTathren]

3:20 Correction: the term is "mono no aware" (物の哀れ). The explanation is correct, although it's difficult to translate completely.

[Kalashnikovification]

now I want an art history with John green, make it happen crash course!

[RyanPHill]

John Green’s history series (world 1 and 2, US, and European) have changed and enriched my life. They have influenced my teaching style, and inspired me to further study history, even topics that I don’t even teach.

Thank you, and please keep churning out more!

[Rocketboy]

The advent of photography, both then and now, meant that using art like paintings and sculpture to capture reality became less important.
Instead pushing into abstraction, unreality, and surreal became necessary.
While there is a tremendous amount of skill in capturing reality, there is a lot to be said and appreciated in capturing something that does not exist and communicating it to people in a way that makes them grow as people.

[victorangeles]

FINALLY IT CAME OUT IT'S BEEN LIKE TWO WEEKS

[pocket]

I love these series 😌 I think it'd be interesting if you guys did a music history/music theory course, too 😆

[jessicamarshall]

The best thing (read: funny and sometimes disturbing) about Freud is literally how far he would go to associate everything with sex and genitalia.

[holaisaaa]

One of the all time best and one of my favorite crash course videos! Bravo John! Loved the art history bits most of all, the openness about therapy, and the commentary at the last part.
Everything we do affects the future and how it is shaped, it’s a good reminder as we continue into the new year.

[MrArthurtea]

OH MY GOD JOHN!!!, I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT NEW CRASH COURSE VIDEOS!!!

[bennymacaroni]

That last bit was intense. I hope there even are still historians one hundred years from now, instead of just feral teenagers dying from toxic atmosphere and battling for fresh water.

[meehleibfamily]

Please John don’t stop doing Crash Course. You are soo good at it.

[DakkogiRauru]

Note that Nitchze said “God is dead” in horror. “We’ll never find enough water to wash away all the blood.”

[miaevans]

This is definitely one of my favorite Crash Course videos...

[lyalllunicec-]

Yes! to acknowledging Hilma af Klint as the abstraction pioneer!

[abuhuraira]

The books are as hard to understand as life itself
This is modernism

[Beryllahawk]

The future is up to us.

That's terrifying. Really, truly, make-your-soul-pee-itself terrifying.

[bmyers]

9:14. I had a beach ball as a kid. It looked like a globe. The inflation port was in Antarctica. That was “up” for the beach ball.