Artistic and Cultural Movements in the 20th century

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The paper discusses how the late 19th and early 20th centuries enjoyed a prolific variety of artistic and cultural movements that forever changed the faces of visual arts, literature and music. The paper describes how the early 20th century in particular seemed to be a time ripe for intellectual and creative innovation. The paper mentions Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway and Josephine Baker as a part of this amazing community of artists. The paper illustrates how Paris of the early 20th century experienced an epidemic of creativity that spilled over and infected countries around the world and started the ripples that would eventually build up to crashing waves of major artistic movements.

From the Paper:

"Paris reacted to the end of the war with absolute jubilance. It seems like a logical consequence that after facing half a decade of fear, violence, death and disease the city would explode into an atmosphere that nurtured anything that smacked of life. Drinking, drugs, sex, and the Running of the Bulls lured many up-and-coming and some already established artists to the city (Seigal 18). An unprecedented mingling of great minds and talents created such an artistically charged atmosphere left even the dullest among them inspired and eager to create. The city became an artist's Mecca, drawing in talents of all caliber and envy from those who couldn't make it."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Artcult. "The School of Paris." 12 June 2006. < http://www.artcult.com/list7.htm>.
• FitzGerald, Michael. Picasso and American Art. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ Pr, 2006.
• Lottman, Herbert. The Left Bank : Writers, Artists, and Politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War. Chicago: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1998.
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• Seigel, Jerrold. Bohemian Paris: Culture, Politics, and the Boundaries of Bourgeois Life, 1830-1930. Boston: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1999.

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