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What can you see in this
painting?
Fiona Rae,1989
What is illusionary in this
painting?
 The twentieth century has been
viewed as a time of expectations and
disenchantment. What in this
painting might reveal that
disenchantment?
“The beauty of the world has two edges, one of
laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart
asunder.”

Virginia Woolf
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Queen Victoria died at the age of 82
due to cerebrovascular hemorrhage.

People mourned as they saw her as

their idol.

As her son, King Edward VII steps in as

their ruler, they worried that his
personal life may carry into the public
domain.

However, he died only nine years after

being a king due to heart attack.
 Edward VII

● He was the one who secured friendship of

several major European countries, leading the
group called Entente Cordiale.
● Because of this, he earned the title of
Edward the Peacemaker.
● With him died the peace,power, and privelege
of the people.
 World War I

● When Belgium was invaded by the Germans, King

George V - son of King Edward VII - took it
as threat and declared war.
● Britain, France and Russia joined against
Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Turkey.
● It only ended as they made Germany sign the
Treaty of Versailles.
 World War II

● In 1933, Adolph Hitler, head of the National

Socialist German Labor Party or “Nazi” became
the chancellor of Germny on a platform of
rabid nationalism and vengeance.
● He conquered with his Blitzkrieg or Lightning
war.
● When he invaded Poland, Britain and France
declared war. Thus, the World War II began.
 World War II

● In 1941, London was destroyed and 60,000

civilians died.
● Winston Churchill, head of the Cabinet,
joined forces with US President Roosevelt to
end the war.
● On June 6, 1944, US and Britain Forces landed
in Normandy, France.
● After a year, Germany surrendered and Hitler,
with his wife committed suicide.
 Modern Day

● British Empire dissolve into federation of

independent countries: Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the West Indies.
● The economy suddenly fluctuated.
● In 1997, Tony Blair became the youngest prime
minister for almost 200 years.
 Women’s Rights

● All women over twenty-one were granted the

right to vote.
● They also entered workforce.
● Laws designed protection to women’s rights
like the Equal Pay Act of 1970.
● In 1979, Margaret Thacter became the first
woman prime minister and elected three times
in a row.
 Technology

● This is known as the Age of Technology.

● Beginning of radio(where King Edward VIII was
the first king who abdicated)
● First TV system began
● Microprossesor was invented
 Immigration

● Immigrants from West Indies, began to arrive

from 547 in 1948 to 19920 ten years later.
● There were also Indian, Asians, Africans, and
Middle Easterners.
 Firsts

● First motor buses in London

● American-born Lady Astor became the first
woman member in House of Commons
 Food and Fashion

● Women begun using undergarments that creates an

illusion of S-shaped body in the Edwardian Era.
● After World War I, skirts and hairs became
scandalously short.
● World War II brought clothes that are very
simple like uniforms.
● Sixties era brought miniskirts, bell-bottoms,
punk, and hip-hop styles.
 Food and Fashion

● Britons enjoyed Indian and Chinese as they

welcomed the convenience of “carry-out”
dining and fastfood.
● More than 800 supermarkets opened between
1956 to 1961 alone.
 Arts and Entertainment

● 1920s - Henry Moore’s sculpture

● 1945 - cinema
● The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones
 Arts and Entertainment

● 1909 - Gordon Selfridge opened the first true

department store in London.
● Football - soccer to Americans - grew popular
as a sports.
 People are reading...

● War Poems - Many authors were inspired to

write afte the horrors of the World War.
● Tabloid - In 1962, tabloid was developed as a
supplement to the Sunday newspaper. People
were so angry to tabloid journalist for
fabricating them. However, they were praised
after their scoop with the death of Princess
Diana.
● World Wide Web
 People are writing...

● Letters
○ During wartime, letters provided emotional lifelines
to soldiers and those who were left behind
○ In the latter part of the century, people started to
send through emails
 Themes
● Modernism
● Stream of Conciousness
Fin.