Check out how artists and musicians developed their craft and their importance in shaping and expressing history.
Sinatra in 1957, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Video: The Birth Of Pop Predating Rock n Roll, traditional Pop refers to post-big band music. Traditional pop drew from an assortment of songs written by professional songwriters and were often performed by a vocalist that was supported by either an …
Woody Guthrie , CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Video: The Birth Of Folk Music From its origins, folk music has been the music of the working class. It is community-focused and has rarely enjoyed commercial success. By definition, it’s something that can be enjoyed by everyone, something that everyone …
See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Cropped) Video: Dada An art movement coming from the avant-garde European art scene in the early ’20s, Dadaism was developed as a reaction to WWI, and during this time the gap between the wealthy and the poor in the word was becoming more and …
The Persistence of Memory by Lluís Ribes Mateu, (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr Video: Surrealism Best known for its comparison of uncommon things, Surrealism consisted of uncomfortable, illogical scenes and creatures made from everyday objects, painted in photo-like detail, with the main idea being the merging of the awake and the dream world, …
Umberto Boccioni, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Video: Futurism Originating in Italy, Futurism emphasized speed, technology, youth, and objects like the car, the airplane, and the industrial city. Futurism is best known for creating feelings of being young and active while including the new technologies of their time. Using the handout, you will …
Pablo Picasso, 1910, Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier), Public Domain (CC0), via Wikipedia Video: Cubism In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up, and put back together in an abstracted (not realistic) form—instead of showing objects from one view, the artist presents the subject from a bunch of different viewpoints to …
Multiple Authors, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Video: Expressionism Coming from Germany in the early 1900’s, Expressionism was best known for drawing or painting something with a single perspective or view. These paintings would be very distorted (not normal, strange) to show whatever emotion the artist wanted At home, you are going to …
Lindy Hop Dancers Video: The Birth Of Jazz Coming from ragtime, jazz was a musical sensation that took over the mind of America through its infectious rhythm and, at the time, shocking, dance moves. People like John Philip Sousa and Chuck Berry have become Icons in America that have lasted all the way until …
