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+ | [[Image:Eugene Atget.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Rue de la Colonie'' ([[1900]]) - [[Eugène Atget]]]] | ||
[[Image:Blue Horse by Franz Marc.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Blue Horse]]'' ([[1911]]) by [[Franz Marc]]]] | [[Image:Blue Horse by Franz Marc.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Blue Horse]]'' ([[1911]]) by [[Franz Marc]]]] | ||
[[Image:Kiki by Julian Mandel.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Erotic postcard]] by [[Julian Mandel]] (c. [[1920]]), the model is [[Kiki de Montparnasse]]]] | [[Image:Kiki by Julian Mandel.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Erotic postcard]] by [[Julian Mandel]] (c. [[1920]]), the model is [[Kiki de Montparnasse]]]] | ||
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[[Image:German Autobahn 1936 1939.jpg|thumb|200px|A [[German]] [[autobahn]] in the [[1930s]]]] | [[Image:German Autobahn 1936 1939.jpg|thumb|200px|A [[German]] [[autobahn]] in the [[1930s]]]] | ||
[[Image:Degenerate art exhibition in Nazi Germany.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Nazi Germany]] disapproved of contemporary German art movements such as [[Expressionism]] and [[Dada]] and on [[July 19]], [[1937]] it opened the [[Degenerate art]] travelling [[exhibition]] in the [[Haus der Kunst]] in [[Munich]], consisting of [[modernist]] artworks chaotically hung and accompanied by text labels deriding the art, to inflame public opinion against [[modernity]].]] | [[Image:Degenerate art exhibition in Nazi Germany.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Nazi Germany]] disapproved of contemporary German art movements such as [[Expressionism]] and [[Dada]] and on [[July 19]], [[1937]] it opened the [[Degenerate art]] travelling [[exhibition]] in the [[Haus der Kunst]] in [[Munich]], consisting of [[modernist]] artworks chaotically hung and accompanied by text labels deriding the art, to inflame public opinion against [[modernity]].]] | ||
- | [[Image:Inversions.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Inversions]]'', the first French gay journal is published between [[1924]] and [[1926]], it stopped publication after the French government charged the publishers with "[[Outrage aux bonnes mœurs]]". Its full title was ''Inversions ... in [[art]], [[literature]], [[philosophy]] and [[science]]''. [[Sexual inversion (sexology)|Sexual inversion]] was a term used by [[sexologist]]s in the late [[19th]] and early [[20th century]], to refer to [[homosexuality]].]] | ||
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- Rising nationalism caused World War I, the Great Depression, fascism and nazism, and subsequently World War II, the German genocide and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- As the century begins, Paris is the artistic capital of the world, where both French and foreign writers, composers and visual artists gather. By the end of the century, the focal point of culture had moved to the United States, especially New York City and Los Angeles.
- Movies, music and the media had a major influence on fashion and trends in all aspects of life. As many movies and music originate from the United States, American culture spread rapidly over the world.
- After gaining political rights in the United States and much of Europe in the first part of the century, and with the advent of new birth control techniques women became more independent throughout the century.
- In classical music, composition branched out into many completely new domains, including dodecaphony, aleatoric and chance music, and minimalism. Electronic musical instruments were developed as well, vastly broadening the scope of sounds available to composers and performers.
- Rock and Roll and Jazz styles of music are developed in the United States, and quickly become the dominant forms of popular music in America, and later, the world.
- The plastic arts developed new styles such as expressionism, cubism, and surrealism.
- Modern architecture evolved within Europe with a radical departure from the excess decoration of the Victorian era — streamlined forms inspired by machines became more commonplace. Developments in building material technologies furthered this shift. European architects moved to the United States prior to World War II, where modern archiectural theory continued to blossom.
- The automobile provided vastly increased transportation capabilities for the average member of Western societies in the early to mid-century, spreading even further later on. City design throughout most of the West became focused on transport via car. The car became a leading symbol of modern society, with styles of car suited to and symbolic of particular lifestyles.
- Sports became an important part of society, becoming an activity not only for the privileged. Watching sports, later also on television, became a popular activity.
Years
- 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991
- 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981
- 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971
- 1970 - 1969 - 1968 - 1967 - 1966 - 1965 - 1964 - 1963 - 1962 - 1961
- 1960 - 1959 - 1958 - 1957 - 1956 - 1955 - 1954 - 1953 - 1952 - 1951
- 1950 - 1949 - 1948 - 1947 - 1946 - 1945 - 1944 - 1943 - 1942 - 1941
- 1940 - 1939 - 1938 - 1937 - 1936 - 1935 - 1934 - 1933 - 1932 - 1931
- 1930 - 1929 - 1928 - 1927 - 1926 - 1925 - 1924 - 1923 - 1922 - 1921
- 1920 - 1919 - 1918 - 1917 - 1916 - 1915 - 1914 - 1913 - 1912 - 1911
- 1910 - 1909 - 1908 - 1907 - 1906 - 1905 - 1904 - 1903 - 1902 - 1901
See also
- History of subcultures in the 20th century
- 20th century art
- 20th century erotica
- 20th century culture
- Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century
- Straight to Hell: 20th Century Suicides
- 20th century philosophy
- French literature of the 20th century
- TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century
- French art of the 20th century
- Literature of the 20th century
- Primitivism in 20th Century Art
- 20th century in literature
- The Century of the Self
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