During the 1920s America established an extravagant way of living that involved buying and spending to show wealth. We‚ as Americans‚ have taken this upon our everyday lives. So much of our lives in America revolve around a social ladder that we fight to climb to the highest rung. Every man‚ woman‚ and child for themselves. Our rude manor has been brought out of this nation’s mask. Often we‚ as Americans‚ betray our own life long friends and family to reach this idea of the ´top´. Music‚ movies
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“The Progressive movement‚ 1901 to 1917‚ was ultimately the triumph of conservatism rather than a victory for liberalism.” To understand this quote more we have to dissect into exactly what is the Progressive movement? As well as what is conservatism to liberalism? During The Gilded Age we see the rise of what is now known as the progressive movement. The Knights of Labor for example helped unite workers and was a starting point of progressivism. People came to understand that our founding fathers
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During the early 1890’s‚ in the state of Massachusetts‚ there was a steel factory. Over the years a great deal of material changed how the steel factory ran and also how the workers were working. The movement started and affected everything from industrial manufacturing processes to the daily life of the average working citizen. Industrialization is the procedure which a state goes from an agriculture based economy to an economy based in industrial developments‚ such as textile‚ mining‚ iron‚
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The 1920s are known as the decade of extravagance‚ and the art in the decade definitely reflected it. Art deco and surrealism both came to popularity in the ‘20s‚ probably due to the change from the standard lifestyle of the ‘10s to the lavish way of life that only the 1920s could posses. The two art forms‚ although vastly different‚ both show two sides of the great Jazz Age. Beginning in France‚ the art deco design represented the fashion side of modernism. When the style crossed the Atlantic
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The Jazz Age: What is the Jazz Age ?The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s ‚ ending with the Great Depression in which jazz music and dance styles became popular in the United States. Despite of social and economic upheaval ‚ the 1900s prospered as a whole. Society was experiencing a total new way of life ‚ characterized by new technology that enabled Americans to relax and enjoy what life had offered to them . During the 1920s ‚ America had felt weary
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Fashion of the Jazz Age In the 1920’s‚ fashion for all ages saw a dramatic change and began an evolution towards fashion today. Throughout history‚ evolution in fashion has corresponded with changes in culture and values. After WWI‚ a large cultural shift was seen in America. The new ideas and values that emerged were reflected in the new fashion trends of the era. In the 1920’s‚ women’s fashion reflected a growth in their independence‚ men’s fashion evolved to reflect the new aspects of a more casual
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During the 1950’s the pop movement emerged on the art scene‚ it was a movement that consisted of artist incorporating various aspects from popular culture‚ into their artworks‚ whether it be material goods‚ celebrities‚ comics or other things from media. In 1956‚ English Painter Richard Hamilton created his famous work of art “Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different‚ so appealing?”‚ a collage composed of various cutouts from other works of art or media. When the cutouts were all placed
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America in the 1920s saw many instances of drastic change‚ impacting the lives of many Americans. The Roaring Twenties brought about many new inventions‚ wealth‚ and a new outlook on the common American lifestyle. With these new times came new influences and much change to the musical industry of jazz. This investigation will study the evolution of jazz music in the rapidly changing times of America in the 1920s and how the new American lifestyle and optimistic times influenced the music. Two sources
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What was the impact of the Jazz Age? The Jazz Age showcased the talents of African American artists and influenced new genres in the future such as modal jazz‚ hard bop‚ rhythm and blues‚ gospel‚ and many more. The Jazz Age also impacted the literary world through jazz poetry‚ a type of poetry that imitates jazz-like rhythms and improvisation. Jazz led to dance crazes such as the Charleston‚ a dance named after the South Carolina town of Charleston. Young people danced dances such as the Charleston
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Art during the Middle Ages was mainly centralised around religion and symbolism rather than realism. Examples of scenes depicted in these paintings include the birth of Jesus. The idea behind these paintings were to make God seem great and powerful as opposed to being admired for their work of art and sheer brilliancy. The Renaissance was a period of time in Europe where social and cultural changes began to emerge. They began to break away from a conformist society which led to the characterisation
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