Jaden's Blogs

  Vietnam War As we all know, the Vietnam War was a controversial war because some people believed that the United States didn't need to participate in the war. As the war raged on, there were journalists who recorded the Vietnam War which made it possible for Americans who were home to witness the war on screen. Hence the beginning of the Anti-war movement.  Family watching TV by H. Armstrong Roberts  (1948) The invention of television was huge during the time and it allowed people to watch the Vietnam War. This allowed people to voice their concerns about the war. This is an example of how it kind of looked like when watching TV around the time of the Vietnam War. Although the war began in 1955, this photo was taken by H. Armstrong Roberts in 1948. I like how classic and simple it looks. Two chairs but no couch. Two stands sandwiching the TV. Two parents and two children. I notice this uses symmetry which is kind of satisfying. Oh how our televisions have evolved. Horst Faas (1

 World War I There are many people who think differently when we think of what caused World War I. But we know that World War I was triggered by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian national in Sarajevo. World War I is considered the first Modern War because of modern weaponry such as machine guns, airplanes, tanks, and poison gas. Alas, the arts were affected by World War I. Dada art and Surrealism are two types of art that formed after World War I. Dada Art Some artists believed that the war was created from tradition. Artists reacted to the war by rejecting tradition. This rejection of tradition was called Dada and was formed after the war started. Hence, the formation of Dada art.  Fountain  (1917) by Marcel Duchamp; location lost/destroyed   Despite the original sculpture being lost or destroyed, there were 16 replicas that were made with Duchamp's approval. This sculpture is very anti-art and anti-rational which makes it a Dada type of sculpture