1920s Paris
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
| Revision as of 07:38, 7 August 2012 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Revision as of 07:38, 7 August 2012 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) Next diff → |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
| Like its counterpart [[Montmartre]] in the mid-19th century, [[Montparnasse]] became famous at the beginning of the 20th century, when it was the heart of intellectual and artistic life in Paris. | Like its counterpart [[Montmartre]] in the mid-19th century, [[Montparnasse]] became famous at the beginning of the 20th century, when it was the heart of intellectual and artistic life in Paris. | ||
| + | ==Lost Generation== | ||
| ==Negrophilia== | ==Negrophilia== | ||
| 1920s Paris saw a craze for all things African, now known as Negrophilia. Collecting African art, listening to jazz and to dancing the [[Charleston (dance)|Charleston]], the [[Lindy Hop]] or the [[Black Bottom (dance)|Black Bottom]], was a sign of being modern and fashionable. Sources of inspiration were inanimate African art objects (''[[l'art nègre]]'') that found their way into Paris as a result of colonial trade with Africa as well as live performances by African-Americans many of whom were ex-soldiers remaining in European cities after the First World War who turned to entertainment for a source of income. Perhaps the most popular revue and entertainer during this time was'' [[La Revue nègre]]'' (1925) starring [[Josephine Baker]]. | 1920s Paris saw a craze for all things African, now known as Negrophilia. Collecting African art, listening to jazz and to dancing the [[Charleston (dance)|Charleston]], the [[Lindy Hop]] or the [[Black Bottom (dance)|Black Bottom]], was a sign of being modern and fashionable. Sources of inspiration were inanimate African art objects (''[[l'art nègre]]'') that found their way into Paris as a result of colonial trade with Africa as well as live performances by African-Americans many of whom were ex-soldiers remaining in European cities after the First World War who turned to entertainment for a source of income. Perhaps the most popular revue and entertainer during this time was'' [[La Revue nègre]]'' (1925) starring [[Josephine Baker]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:38, 7 August 2012
(Photo by Walery)
|
Related e |
|
Google
Featured: |
After World War I, Paris emerged into an energetic but restless interwar period, enlivened by the arrival of glamorous émigrés such as Joséphine Baker. It was a troubled political period, however, especially when the Great Depression hit Paris.
Contents |
Nomenclature
The period is also known as Les Années Folles, corresponding with the Roaring Twenties in the Anglosphere.
Montparnasse and Montmartre
Like its counterpart Montmartre in the mid-19th century, Montparnasse became famous at the beginning of the 20th century, when it was the heart of intellectual and artistic life in Paris.
Lost Generation
Negrophilia
1920s Paris saw a craze for all things African, now known as Negrophilia. Collecting African art, listening to jazz and to dancing the Charleston, the Lindy Hop or the Black Bottom, was a sign of being modern and fashionable. Sources of inspiration were inanimate African art objects (l'art nègre) that found their way into Paris as a result of colonial trade with Africa as well as live performances by African-Americans many of whom were ex-soldiers remaining in European cities after the First World War who turned to entertainment for a source of income. Perhaps the most popular revue and entertainer during this time was La Revue nègre (1925) starring Josephine Baker.
In fiction
- A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
- Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen
Nightclubs, bars and brothels
See also
- French Wikipedia article on Années folles
- La garçonne
- Negrophilia
- Aftermath of World War I
- French jazz
- 1920s
- Artistic Montparnasse
- Lost Generation
- Art Deco
- Surrealism
- Jazz Age
