Unit 6 1920 - 1941 Boom and Bust

Cultural Innovations Chapter 17 Section 4 The Jazz Age

Art and Literature Modern American Art John Marin – nature and urban areas Charles Scheeler – applied the use of photography and geometric forms of cubism to urban and rural landscapes Edward Hopper – realism Georgia O’Keeffe’s – landscape and flowers

John Marin

Charles Scheeler

Edward Hopper

Georgia O’Keeffe

Poets and Writers Carl Sandburg Willa Cather Used common speech to glorify the Midwest Willa Cather Wrote about life on the Great Plains Many poets used clear and concise meaning to express moments in time

Poets and Writers “Lost Generation” Wrote about the disillusionment of World War I Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Sinclair Lewis Wrote about small town life Edith Wharton Criticized upper class ignorance

Popular Culture Movies and Radio Shows Before sound theaters hired piano players to provide music The Jazz Singer – first talking picture Mass Media Radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines aimed at a broad audience

Popular Culture Sports Baseball and Boxing College Football Babe Ruth Jack Dempsey – heavyweight champion from 1919 -1926 College Football Red Grange – “Galloping Ghost” Golf and Tennis Bobby Jones – won the US Open and the British Open in the same year Bill Tilden Swimming Gertrude Ederle – Swam the English Channel in 14 hours in 1927