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135113473Gertrude SteinFamous writer who coined the phrase "lost generation"0
135113474Ernest HemingwayLost Generation writer, spent much of his life in France, Spain, and Cuba during WWI, notable works include A Farewell to Arms1
135113475lost generationGroup of writers in 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values and often choose to flee to Europe2
135113476Oswald SpenglerGerman philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936)3
135113477Arnold J. Toynbeeargues that societies are born, mature, decay, and sometimes die.4
135113478Karl BarthProtestant theologian. Basic fact about people is that they are imperfect whose reason is flawed and should not expect to work out god and his ways.5
135113479Niokolai BerdiaevWrote, "Man's historical experience has been one of steady failure, and there are no grounds for supposing it will be ever anything else"6
135113480Albert EinsteinThis 20th Century scientist revolutionized the way scientists thought about space, time and matter, the most notable being his theory of relativity.7
135113481theory of relativityeinsteins theory that time is different depending on how fast you travel or how massive of object that you are on8
135113482Werner HeisenbergStated the uncertainty principle9
135113483uncertainty principleImpossible to measure both speed and position of an electron at the same time10
135113484Sigmund Freudaustrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis11
135113485Oedipus complexaccording to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father12
135113486psychoanalysisa set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders13
135113487Paul GauguinPioneered expressionist techniques. b. Saw form and design of a painting as important in themselves c. Became famous for his paintings of the South Pacific where he spent some time14
135113488Pablo Picassoa Spanish artist, founder of Cubism, which focused on geometric shapes and overlapping planes15
135113489Edgar DegasA nineteenth-century French painter and sculptor. Among his preferred subjects were ballet dancers and scenes of cafe life.16
135113490Bauhausschool in germany, that influnced architecture by blending science and technology with design17
135113491Walter GropiusGerman architect who broke form previous design with light, airy, bright buildings of glass and iron18

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