With photographers such as Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand and Edward Weston, Man Ray and André Kertész who in 1925 started his 11 year project of capturing still frames of the street life, and lastly but certainly not least Albert Renger-Patzsch and his “The World Is Beautiful” collection of photos, published in 1928, the 1920s surely have what to show us. For more information...

Although with somewhat obscure origins merely being traced back to the town of Charleston, South Carolina, the Charleston Dance surfaced along with James P. Johnson’s song “The Charleston”, sang in the Broadway musical “Runnin’ Wild” [1923]. This dance grew to be very popular among flappers – young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their...

Although the 1920s were largely dominated by silent movies, it was during that period that we saw the introduction of synchronized sound. Movies were, are and undoubtedly always will be an art form with an universal appeal, their essence being that of entertaining. Thus, during that period, they entertained making their contribution to brightening up the world after the ordeals of the First World War. For...

Starting from 1920 and all the way to the 31st of December 1929, was a period of prosperity not only for the economy but also for the art of words, for literature, with a lot of today’s literary masterpieces being opened for the first time during this decade. Among the authors that published their works during this period is James Joyce. His novel, “Ulysses” [1922] is considered to be one of...

Historically speaking, the 1920s could be considered the age of rebirth for the European continent thanks to the economic boom following the First World War, being called “The Golden Twenties”. But this issue will not regard this certain period from a historian’s perspective, dissecting the political or economical events like the rise of fascism or a equal treatment for sexual minorities. No....

What other genre of music could be listened to in a period called “The Jazz Age” other than the beautiful, melodic and so rhymed jazz music! Our choices for the Music section of our 1920s are the songs of two artists that have left a profound mark upon that age, Louis Armstrong and Earl Hine and the most influential jazz band of the period, The New Orleans Rhythm Kings.

Today is the first day of Damien Rice’s 37th year in this world. Born in 1973, the Irish singer, songwriter, the Irish artists has constantly brought joy to the lives of those he or his music had encountered. He is very known across the world for his involvement in charity works. With songs like “The Blower’s Daughter”, “9 Crimes” and certainly not least “Unplayed...

Above you can see a timeline of the five composers that were born today, the 7th of December, hundreds of year apart. Bernardo Pasquini, Pietro Mascagni, Rudolf Friml, Ernst Toch and Daniel Jones are five names that deserve to be remembered over the years because of their talent and their art, despite the fact that they are not as known as some other composers of their time. For that, today is their...

Although nowadays, because of the prejudice that has taken over our thoughts, we associate the word “gothic” with a different taste in fashion, dark colors, even occult rituals related to people that are because of this, treated as outcasts, gothic is an art style, a music genre, a literary genre, an architectural style and lastly a subculture. This preconception of this style is mainly due to...

For the photography section of our gothic themed issue we have chosen portraits of females, created in such a manner that makes them truly worthy of their assigned category: gothic. To add to our selections for this section, we have decided to share with you a Flickr Group dedicated entirely to this genre of photography. With more than four hundred works added so far, from 58 members, it is certainly...