Modernism Definition and 1913 Art History
Chapter 1

Global headlines and shifting empires

Chapter 2

The year music and art went wild

Chapter 3

Pages that changed the literary world

Chapter 4

The silent screen starts to roar

Chapter 5

Inventions that reshaped daily life

YOUR GOAL

Master of The year the modern world woke up

Ch 2 · The year music and art went wild
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schopenhauer The scandalous premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring

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schopenhauer The Music Riot of 1913

Wild, wild 1913! They started a riot! Wild, wild 1913!

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schopenhauer The Armory Show introduced modern art to America.

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The dramatic return of the stolen Mona Lisa

schopenhauer Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece was recovered in Italy two years after being stolen from the Louvre.

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America meets modern art at the Armory Show

schopenhauer The 1913 Armory Show introduced shocked American audiences to European modern art.

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1913: The Wild Spin
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schopenhauer Spin the wheel to discover the wild music, news, and pop culture of 1913.

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Fun Fact

Mona Lisa's theft: Before she was stolen in 1911 and found in 1913, the Mona Lisa was not widely known outside the art world.

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Glossary
modernism (noun)
A style or movement in the arts that aims to depart significantly from classical and traditional forms. In 1913, Paris and New York witnessed radical experiments in music and painting that shocked traditional audiences.

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Gossip

Would you join a crowd protesting a weird art show?

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Quiz

Who designed the radical, stomping choreography for the 1913 premiere of 'The Rite of Spring'?

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schopenhauer The dramatic recovery of the stolen Mona Lisa

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What was the nickname given to the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art in New York?

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schopenhauer Historic newspapers document the early history of jazz music.

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Quiz

Which modern art movement, co-founded by Picasso and Braque, took center stage at the 1913 Armory Show?

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In which city did the riotous premiere of Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' take place?

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Which composer wrote the controversial score for the ballet 'The Rite of Spring' in 1913?

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Which artist painted 'Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2,' the most controversial painting at the 1913 Armory Show?

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In 1913, the word 'jazz' made some of its earliest appearances in West Coast newspapers to describe what?

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Who stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911, only to be caught trying to sell it in 1913?

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