(n) :
father; a cultural movement that began in Z?rich, Switzerland during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly
poetry),
theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by
nihilism,
deliberate irrationality,
disillusionment,
cynicism, chance,
randomness, and the
rejection of the
prevailing standards in
art