Researching various and key events within the 20th Century, I found it interesting how certain events may have influenced art, cinema and fashion throughout this timeline.
Some key dates that I found interesting/important:
- 1905 The world's first nickelodeon opened showing a silent film called The Great Train Robbery
- 1900-1910 Fauvism art movement, colour became more important than the subject itself
- 1900-1910 George Melies
- 1930 Universal buys the right to Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' which was then released on screen in 1931, setting the scene for future horror films
- 1910s Cinema began to change, movie length changed from an average of 15 mins to longer
- 1911 Discovery of Machu Picchu, an Inca city, also known as 'The Lost city of the Incas', believed to be the home of the Inca emperor Pachacuti
- 1912 The Titanic sank
- 1914-1918 WW1
- 1920-1930 Men and Women's fashion began to blend together, the bob cut was seen as a sign of independence in women
- 1920s Peak age of Hollywood
- 1922 Tut's tomb was discovered
- 1923 Walt Disney company was founded
- 1928 Mickey mouse debuted
- 1928 Women allowed to vote in the UK
- 1929-1939 The Great Depression
- 1930 Betty Boop introduced
- 1939-1945 WW2
- 1950s Golden age of Musicals
- 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the moon
- 1962 Cuban Missile crisis
- 1963 Doctor Who released
- 1973 Abortion legalised
- 1979 First female Prime minister, Margaret Thatcher
- 1860s-1900s Impressionism
- 1905-1910 Fauvism
- 1907 Cubism
- 1910s Futurism
- 1950 Pop art
- 1960-1970s Minimalism
- Surrealism
- Expressionism
- Conceptual Art
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