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The Edwardian Period
1914 to 1960

Douglas E. Foster, Jr
November 3, 2007

HUM 100 - 011016
Ralph Millsap
Strayer University

1914-1960
The Edwardian Period

The period following the Victorian Period was the Edwardian Period. This was a time in the United Kingdom when King Edward VII was reigning. The period encompassed the sinking of the Titanic, the start of WWI, 1914 and the end of WWI, 1918. This era was a time of tremendous interest in art and travel in continental Europe and was perhaps because of the Kings love of travel.
The period brought about a new art form that was referred to as Art Nouveau. This particular type of artistic expression was characterized by highly-stylized, flowing, curvilinear designs often incorporating floral and other plant-inspired motifs. The name 'Art Nouveau' derived from the name of a shop[1] in Paris, Maison de l'Art Nouveau, at the time run by Siegfried Bing, that showcased objects that followed this approach to design. (Art Nouveau. Art Nouveau. In Wikipedia [Web]. Retrieved 11.3.07, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau) The art was not only expressed through paintings but through jewelry and the most well known of the Art Nouveau movement is Louis Comfort Tiffany in New York. Tiffany designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass, ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork. Some examples of the work of Tiffany are the Tree of Life and Tiffany Lamps of which an example is shown of the Dragonfly. This art form was extremely colorful and depicted in detail the how precious life and nature are. (Louis Comfort Tiffany. Louis Comfort Tiffany. In Wikipedia [Web]. Retrieved 11.3.07, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Louis_Comfort_Tiffany) Art Nouveau style was also very clean lined. This is depicted in the style of Ingram Chairs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1899. The chairs had curved “whiplash” lines that eschewed the eclectic revival styles of the Victorian era.
Although the Art Nouveau style was curved “whiplash” lines and used nature in jewelry, stained glass windows, and lamps the music was very lively and could be interpreted that life was grand and should be enjoyed. This was evident with the ragtime music of Joplin in “The Entertainer” and “The Maple Leaf Rag”. The music was very upbeat and used bass notes to establish the beat and the melodic notes fall unexpectedly on and off beat, creating an energetic and original sound. Joplin borrowed from the classic styles of Johann Sebastian Bach and Louis Moreau Gottschalk. (Ladies of Reenacting. Retrieved November 3, 2007, from Edwardian Music and Dance Web site: http://www.ladiesofreenacting.com/Edwardianmusicdance.html)
Literature during this time period was marked as “modernism”. The literature had certain characteristics that were not necessarily applicable to all literary writers of this era but had some form of the characteristics that made the work modernistic. In a broad sense, modern is applied to writing marked by a strong and conscious break with traditional forms and techniques of expression. It employs a distinctive kind of IMAGINATION, one that insists on having its general frame of reference within itself. (Modernism. Retrieved November 3, 2007, from Modernism Web site: http://www.mrbauld.com/modern.html) Some of the writers that belong in this modernistic realm are T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, W. B. Yeats, and Tennessee Williams to name a few. The literature of this time period was during WWI with a sense of desperate uncertainty. The literary works delved into the inner self and stream of consciousness. The biggest changes in literature came in poetry and criticism. T. S. Eliot the distinction of being the most influential poet in the British Isles. Yet Eliot's The Waste Land, although its author was American, was the most important single poetic publication in England in the period. (Modernism. Retrieved November 3, 2007, from Modernism Web site: http://www.mrbauld.com/modern.html)
This period was one of war and life. The music, art, and literature depicted many variations of life and existence. The largest of which was the glassworks of Tiffany to show nature and seemingly peaceful existent during a time of unrest as well as Joplin’s ragtime music that gave a lift and upbeat to a more depressing time. This was an era of imagination of whatever you wanted it to be it could be.

REFERENCES

Art Nouveau. Art Nouveau. In Wikipedia [Web]. Retrieved 11.3.07, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau

Ladies of Reenacting. Retrieved November 3, 2007, from Edwardian Music and Dance Web site: http://www.ladiesofreenacting.com/Edwardianmusicdance.html

Modernism. Retrieved November 3, 2007, from Modernism Web site: http://www.mrbauld.com/modern.html

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