1. The 1920s
Roaring 20s

2. The Roaring 20s Belief in progress and reason shattered by WWI
People looked at the world very differently from the optimism of the Enlightenment period
Literature reflected a disillusionment about war and the failure of reason and progress

3. The Roaring 20s Sigmund Freud Friedrich Nietzche (late 1800s)
Father of Psychology
Developed theories concerning the subconscious mind
Friedrich Nietzche (late 1800s)
Believed through willpower and courage, you could create supermen that could rise above and control the common herd of men
Greatly influenced Hitler and the Nazi Party

4. The Roaring 20s New scientific theories Albert Einstein
Theory of Relativity: only the speed of light is constant
Space and time can change relative to the movements of other objects moving at the speed of light
Also helped develop other theories including the atomic bomb
E = mc2

5. The Roaring 20s Art showed society’s disillusionment after WWI
Showed an inner world of imagination and emotion
Weeping Woman by Picasso

6. The Roaring 20s Pablo Picasso
Developed cubism, an early form of abstract art
The Three Musicians
Self-portrait

7. The Roaring 20s Salvador Dali
Surrealism; links reality with a dreamlike state

8. The Roaring 20s
Jazz
Uniquely American music form that was developed mostly by black musicians

9. The Roaring 20s 1921 Miss America bathing suit contest
Winner was 16 year old Margaret Gorman, third from left

10. The Roaring 20s
Styles changed from corsets, long dresses and Gibson girl hairdos….

11. The Roaring 20s
…to bobbed hair, short shirts, and dancing the Charleston; Flappers