The Golden Age of Music

In the early 20th century, music was transformed by new technologies and cultural influences. Jazz, born in New Orleans, spread across the United States and became a symbol of American culture. The Roaring Twenties saw a rise in popularity of swing dance and big bands led by legendary musicians like Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Meanwhile, classical composers like Igor Stravinsky and Claude Debussy experimented with dissonance and atonality, pushing the boundaries of traditional harmony.

The Birth of Cinema

Film as we know it today originated in the late 19th century with pioneers like Eadweard Muybridge and Thomas Edison experimenting with motion photography. By the early 20th century, cinema had evolved into an art form that captivated audiences worldwide. Silent films were accompanied by live orchestras or pianos until "talkies" revolutionized storytelling on screen with synchronized soundtracks.

Fashioning History

Fashion during this era was characterized by opulence and extravagance as people sought to escape their mundane lives through luxurious clothing and accessories inspired by ancient cultures such as Egypt's pharaohs or Greek mythology's gods.

Literary Giants

Authors like F.Scott Fitzgerald (Tender Is The Night), Ernest Hemingway (The Sun Also Rises), James Joyce (Ulysses) made significant contributions to modern literature while Virginia Woolf (Mrs Dalloway) paved way for feminist writers.

Artistic Expression

Artists embraced abstractionism through works like Pablo Picasso's Cubism which challenged traditional perspectives on representation in art; Salvador Dali pushed surrealism further with his dreamlike paintings; while Marcel Duchamp introduced conceptual art via his readymades – ordinary objects presented as artworks without any physical transformation – thus challenging societal norms about what constitutes "art."