European Community

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European Community
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European Economic Community
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Art and Literature

• Jean Dubuffet--art brut more human-like,
  authentic, expressive of the real humanity of
  WWII and beyond. Gritty.

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Abstract Expressionism

• Art scene moves to New York, baby!
• Jackson Pollack splashes paint on the canvas.
• action painting

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Lavender Mist--195
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Literature

• Samuel Becketts Theater of the Absurd in
  Waiting for Godot (1952)
• Gunter Grass (not Gunther Gnass)--The Tin Drum
  and many other books

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Existentialism

• Jean-Paul Sartre (Being and Nothingness and No
  Exit among many works) Existence precedes
  essence
• We make meaning out of our own lives--much angst.

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Absurdism

• Albert Camus (the Stranger)
• Close to existentialism we can find meaning in
  ourselves, maybe. Perhaps theres outside meaning
  to life, but we cant know it.