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Art Deco Style

• New styles of art, such as Surrealism and Art Deco

• Art Deco is an eclectic style that combines traditional themes with 1920's imagery and materials

• This style is often characterized by rich colors, bold geometric shapes, and lavish ornamentation

Fashion of the 20s

• Mostly simple styles

• Dresses with a dropped waist and creeping hemlines that could be created in economical fabrics

• Men wore simple suits with  soft collars and one- or two-button jackets

Music of the 20s

• Jazz, blues, swing, dance band, and ragtime were just a few of the most popular music genres of the decade

• The introduction of mainstream radio paved the way for the popularity of music

Literature of the 20s

• After WWI, talented young authors called wrote about their feelings of disillusionment and alienation

• Literature was all about breaking traditions and living in a modern, changing  world

• Famous American authors of the time were William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway