WW1 and the effect with Dadaism

WW1 began in 1914, and was not over with right up untill 1918. Basically, with WWI being “modern” in terms of wars before, This war was known around as the first “modern” war because of the advanced technology that brought new weaponry for battle.

Weapons of levels no-one had seen before, that such used included the:

The Machine gun
Tanks
Airplanes
Grenades
Poisonous gases

Obviously, the use of these new weapons made for a completely different type of war, which outraged and shocked many people.

You could say that Dadaism was greeted with the same "What the hell is this aspect" to his work which was followed by the Dadaism movement with various sculpters and such who started to get involved.

Hans Arp was the Swiss sculptor who actually started Dada. Those who joined him felt that tradition is what produced the war, so tradition should be rejected. It was often used as a way of artists of many perfessions to 'Break the mould' and get out of what was already being done.

This is a replica of Marcel Duchamp’s art, The "Fountain", which he manufactured in New York in 1917. I like this because of the idea it was his 'Own take' on what an object can be.

The Bauhaus Movement

"Bauhaus" By dictonary definition is:
A school of design established in Weimar in 1919 by Walter Gropius, moved to Dessau in 1926, and closed in 1933 as a result of Nazi hostility.
 
The jist of the Bauhaus movement:
It was drove by thr public demand. The idea of having products made for fucntionality overid the decorational and design side. All we're also able for mass produce as a trend. So you can see the popularity in doing this, many of the followers aimed to create a 'universal aesthetic' or cominly known as an 'International style' which was then suitable for all countries, regardless of culture/tradition.
 
Images related to Bauhaus:

*The larger image above demonstrates how it moved from place to place across Germany