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DADAISM WAS REVOLUTIONARY in spirit. Politically, it was an attack on bourgeois materialism and coventionalism. In art, Dada prescribed no specific aesthetic, but rather an attitude, a shared feeling that traditional art had somehow failed to reach modern man. The Dadaists sought new modes of expression that would make art...
The Dadaists sought direct expression, avoiding the traditional vehicles of narration and representation. And while many of the works protest the cruel and dehumanizing forces of modern life, others are deliberately cryptic. Sound poems such as Schwitters' "Primal Sonata," composed of nonsensical strings of syllables, attempted to transcend conventional language...
Despite the differing views of the two groups, leaders of both called freedom of expression an important goal and did not call for suppression of the other's film. "With the new right in politics, such freedom to show films and express opinions may well be stifled," a women's...
The Pope's tour was a step forward, however. It followed a substantive break through. Earlier this year Lutheran and Catholic negotiators stated that despite differences on many practices, the content of the Augsburg Confession "in large measure . . . can be regarded as an expression of the common faith." The...
When New York Mayor Edward Koch visited China last winter, he was beguiled by the sight of a million Chinese gliding harmoniously through their streets on bicycles. "I was swept away," Koch said later, "by the thought of what could be." Traffic back home, of course, is a lot denser...