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Eiffel Tower (1889)
Engineer Gustav Eiffel
The tower was built between 1887-1889 for the Worlds Fair to be held in Paris. -
Symphony No. 4 In G Major (1899-1890)
Composed by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Some of the themes in this short symphony were originally set to to a collection of German folk poems Des Knaben Wunderhorn. -
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890).
Written by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Playwright Oscar Wilde published his first and only novel in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in1890. -
The Nutcracker Ballet (1892)
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov An adaptation of a story written by E.T.A. Hoffmann, the Christmas story ballet premiered December 18, 1892. -
"Maple Leaf Rag”(1899)
Written by Scott Joplin (1868-1917).
Scott Joplin’s piano rag composition became the prototype for ragtime songs. -
Woman with a Dead Child (1903)
Artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945).
A sketch in the Expressionist style depicting the dire conditions in Germany at the time. -
The Thinker (1904)
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917).
The first cast for the bronze statue took place in 1880 and the piece was finished in 1904. -
La Cathédrale engloutie (1910)
Composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918). A piano prelude in the Impressionist style. -
The Rite of Spring Ballet (1913)
Music by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950).
Stravinsky’s ballet premiered on May 29th, 1913 to a “hostile” crowd that was unhappy with the provocative dance and rhythmic music. -
The Waste Land (1922)
Written by T.S. Eliot (1884-1965). The Waste Land is a modernist poem that highly influenced 20th century literature. -
Water Lilies (1922)
Artist Claude Monet (1840-1926).
This is one of Claude Monet’s impressionist paintings from his Water Lilies collection -
“OPUS 17 - FEMME 1, 1925”
Artist Étienne Beothy (1897 - 1961).
A bronze sculpture in the cubinist style. -
The Great Gatsby (1925)
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940).
Fitzgerald’s book is set during the Roaring Twenties in America and is considered a literary classic. -
The Sound and the Fury (1929)
Written by William Faulkner (1897-1962).
A Modernist/Southern Gothic novel by Faulkner which employs the “stream of consciousness” technique. -
The Persistence of Memory (1931)
Artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989).
The Persistence of Memory is a surrealist style oil on canvass painting by Salvador Dali. -
Christ the Redeemer (1931)
Engineered by Heitor da Silva Costa (1873-1947)
Sculpted by Paul Maximilien Landowski (1875-1961)
Sculpted(head) by Gheorghe Leonida (1892-1942) This Art Deco statue looks over Rio de Janeiro. -
Empire State Building (1931)
Architectural Design William F. Lamb (1893-1952). One of the first skyscrapers ever built. -
Fallingwater (1935)
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).
Considered one of the greatest architectural designs, Lloyd’s Fallingwater is characterized by his use of lines and space. -
The Weeping Woman (1937)
Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973).
The Weeping Woman is a cubist style oil on canvass painting by Pablo Picasso -
"Round Midnight” Published (1944)
Song written by: Thelonious Monk (1917-1982).
“Round Midnight” of the most influential jazz songs of all time.
