Popular culture

Popular culture

The vernacular or people's culture that prevails in a modern society.

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Style of decorative art fashionable in the 1920s and 193Os, which takes its name from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et lndustriels Modernes (Paris, 1925); typically expressed by ...

art nouveau

Culture; Popular culture

A decorative style that flourished from the 1890s to the outbreak of World War i; a sinuous line based on plant forms was characteristic.

avant-garde

Culture; Popular culture

The vanguard; those who create or support innovation or experimentation in any field, but particularly in the arts.

Bauhaus

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Founded by Walter Gropius in Germany in 1919 and subsequently closed by the Nazi party in 1933, Bauhaus was a school of architecture and applied arts, which attempted to marry fine design with the ...

beat generation

Culture; Popular culture

A Term coined by American novelist Jack Kerouac, to identify an anti-establishment element in US society of the late 1940s and 1950s.

bebop

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A jazz style which flourished in the 1940s and 195Os. Compared to earlier jazz, bebop's rhythms were more subtle and complex; melodic improvisation was stressed.

bop

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A jazz style which flourished in the 1940s and 195Os. Compared to earlier jazz, bebop's rhythms were more subtle and complex; melodic improvisation was stressed.