the war (1939-1945) between the Allies (Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States) against the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan)
Great Depression (1929-1939)
a drastic decline in the world economy; an era of failing banks, massive unemployment , and bankrupt pocketbooks and attitudes
Salome, 1900
Henry O. Tanner
Blue Hole Little Miami River, 1851
Robert S. Duncanson
Mountain Pool, 1870
Robert S. Duncanson
Westwood Children, 1807
Joshua Johnson
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
a New Deal program, created in 1935 aimed towards people working and promoting the cultural arts
Mary, 1914
Henry O. Tanner
Realism
an approach to art in which subjects are portrayed in as straightforward manner as possible, without idealizing them. (mid-19th century)
The New Negro Movement
In the early 1900s, particularly in the 1920s, African-American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and on the West Coast in San Francisco.
