Time Toast Presentation

The Parthenon in Athens

432 BCE

The image shows the Parthenon building in Greece. This is a architectural design.

The Italian Renaissance

1420

Raphael painted The School of Athens, a well-known fresco, between 1509 and 1511 as part of a contract to adorn the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The picture is from the humanities field of history.

Jackson Pollock

1912

This painting shows the drip technique that Jackson uses.

World War l

Jul 28, 1914

The picture shows a troop of soldiers  from World War I coming up out of a trench and moving over the top of a sandbag-fortified barrier. They wear military gear, including helmets, and are armed with weapons that have been bayoneted. The vicious battle strategies employed during World War I, especially in Europe, where soldiers frequently lived and fought in trenches for protracted periods of time, are typified by the trench warfare seen here. This image belongs to history.

Dadaism

1915

In this picture, a huge, stylized female face with piercing blue eyes, red lips, and pale skin dominates the composition. Her pose is neutral, evoking the idea of a distant, dreamy person or mannequin. This is a artistic style.

Bauhaus

1919

This image shows a lot of shapes and is a different type of art work. This is a historical period.

German Expressionist Cinema

1919

This picture demonstrates a trend in film that reflects post-World War I disenchantment and is distinguished by sharp, high contrast graphics and unpleasant subject matter. Key examples include movies like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

1932

This image shows a dystopian novel exploring the dangers of technological control, loss of individuality, and societal conditioning, reflecting anxieties of the modern age. The Humanities discipline belongs to a book.

Elvis Presley – "Hound Dog"

1956

The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley brought the genre into the mainstream with his energetic performances and blend of rhythm and blues with rock, creating a sensation in the 1950s.

Ingmar Bergman – The Seventh Seal

1957

This image shows a line of shadowy people holding hands and resembling dancers can be seen above the title. This is another significant sequence from the movie, the "Dance of Death" that occurs near the end. This is the cover for a movie.

Ernest Brooks- A pioneer war

1957

He a British photographer, best known for his war photography from the First World War. He was the first official photographer to be appointed by the British military, and produced several thousand images between 1915 and 1918, more than a tenth of all British official photographs taken during the war.

John Coltrane – "A Love Supreme"

1965

The image shows a landmark jazz album blending spiritual themes with innovative improvisation, showcasing Coltrane’s mastery of the tenor saxophone and his deep search for transcendence through music.

"Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

1969

A novel about the absurdity of war, time, and fate, it captures the disillusionment of the 1960s and 1970s, a period when rock music was heavily influenced by anti-war sentiments.

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson

1971

A wild journey through the American Dream, this book mirrors the chaotic, rebellious energy of the rock and roll lifestyle, with its themes of excess and freedom.

"The Last Waltz"

1978

Directed by Martin Scorsese, this documentary chronicles the final concert of The Band and features performances by some of rock’s greatest musicians, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Eric Clapton.

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

1982

Estragon and Vladimir, the play's two central characters, are waiting for a man named Godot, who never shows up. As they pass the time, their conversation is full of intellectual reflections, humorous repartee, and times of intense sadness. They come into two more characters: the tyrannical Pozzo and his servant Lucky, who deepens the investigation of power dynamics and interpersonal connections.