idespread unbelievable protest against all aspects of Western culture, especially militarism during and after World War I. The Dadaists usually used methods that were purposely very hard t understand (Dada). For them, reality was chaotic, it was opposite to human notions. With the feeling of freedom the war left, it started a new beginning. One artist of the dada movement was Marcel Duchamp. Duchamp too everyday object and made them art by just choosing them. When he chose things such as a hat-rack or a snow-shovel, he turned it into a work of art; in a way he was equally breaking down the high standards of art to the level of normal things. One of his famous artworks was Fountain, when he tried to submit it to the Independents exhibition, it was rejected on the grounds that it was plagiarism and plain pieces if plumbing (Short 47). Relating to the war, this new way of art was another way of saying that things were back to normal again, while expressing ones feelings toward it. Duchamp used everyday objects that he found to express the pain and the relief of the war being over.While the war was still going on and well after it was over, artists and other intellectuals expressed their pain through various types and forms. During the war there was a significant amount of pain and grief that everyone had to go through, whether you were a soldier on the battle field or a worried mother praying for her son to come home safe. Everyone had different experiences with the war, thus many different ways of expressing emotions about the war. The Dadaists used methods of painting and symbols that were hard to understand while writers expressed their emotions with poetry and even novels.The World War was so new to the people all over the world and brought out many different emotions from everyone. What better way than expressing your feelings through writing? Anyone who had an education could express themselves through writing. Even ...
