1913 A European golden age of prosperity, inventiveness and artistic genius

ARTIST: PABLO PICASSO

Cubism intense use of color and sexuality

Writer: Oscar Wilde Regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era, Wilde wrote and produced nine plays.

Writer: Emile Zola Prolific and influential French novelist

ARTIST: HENRI MATISSE

Fauvism spontaneous, subjective response to nature expressed in bold, brushstrokes and high- keyed, vibrant colors

ARTIST: PAUL CEZANNE

DANCER: VASLAV NIJINSKY

Russian ballet dancer and choreographer one of the most gifted male dancers in history

ARTIST: VINCENT VAN GOGH

Inventions From Sound recording Wright brothers’ powered flight

phonograph 1877 Thomas Edison

gramophone 1887 Emile Berliner

Synthetic Fiber, 1880’s

Maxim Machine Gun invented by Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1883 The Maxim Machine-Gun was adopted by the British Army in 1889.

Kodak Box Camera 1888, the first commercially successful box camera for roll film

Tesla, 1887 induction motor In 1882, Nikola Tesla discovered the rotating magnetic field, a fundamental principle in physics and one of the greatest discoveries of all times.

Cordite smokeless propellant developed and produced in the United Kingdom since 1889 to replace gunpowder as a military propellant

Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel was almost killed by his engine when it exploded. However, his engine was the first that proved that fuel could be ignited without a spark

Model A Ford

Cinematograph Berlin in color 4:36

Model T Ford

Wilhelm Roentgen’s first x-rays, 1895

Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium, 1898

In the early 1900s, radium was more valuable than gold and platinum.

Marconi’s first radio

Inventions From Sound recording Wright brothers’ powered flight

New Weapons Howitzer cannon

Queen Victoria Died in 1901 The German Kaiser was her grandson Kaiser Wilhelm, of Germany, Tsar Nicholas of Russia, and King Edward of Britain were all cousins