6C - Jazz Age

THREE of the fine arts that saw growth and big changes during the Jazz Age

• art

• literature

• music

• memes

Artist that was known for their paintings of urban (city) settings, and later the deserts of the Southwest.

• Georgia O'Keefe

• Jacob Lawrence

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Aaron Copland.

Author that wrote about the fast-ace lifestyle of the 1920s and the newness of the Jazz Age. Most famous book is The Great Gatsby.

• Langston Hughes

• Jacob Lawrence

• George Gershwin

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

Author that wrote books about the struggles of migrant workers and the struggles faced by the poor working class. Most famous book is The Grapes of Wrath.

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Langston Hughes

• John Steinbeck

• Duke Ellington

TWO American composers that wrote music that reminded people of U.S. landscapes. One wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" and the other guy wrote "Appalachian Spring."

• George Gershwin

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

• Aaron Copland

New movement that celebrated the music, art, and literature created by African Americans during the Jazz Age.

• Harlem Renaissance

• Freedmen's Fine Arts

• Chicago Creations

• New Orleans Rebirth

Place where the Harlem Renaissance started and African Americans started to create new fine arts creations.

• Harlem, New York

• Harlem, New York

• Harlem, New York

• Harlem, New York

Painter who illustrated African Americans moving to the Northeast and Midwest during the Great Migration.

• Bessie Smith

• Langston Hughes

• Jacob Lawrence

• Georgia O'Keefe

Poet that wrote about the struggles African Americans faced in the United States. Most famous poem is "Dreams."

• Langston Hughes

• Jacob Lawrence

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• John Steinbeck

Harlem Renaissance musician that composed music and played the piano.

• Bessie Smith

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

• Scott Joplin