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Dubbed «bright young people» or «bright young things» by the media that sensationalized their antics and lavish lifestyle, and later in books such as Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor, the high society group was extensively documented by photographer Cecil Beaton, whose images were a primary influence of Bas» works.

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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller — The book that is likely on the short list for 90 % of evangelicals my age, Donald Miller made me feel a little less crazy.

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By the end of the Jazz Age in the 1930s, the mindset of the people had caught up with technology and wasn't imbued with this supernatural quality that it was before.

By the age of three I was enrolled in tap, jazz, and ballet classes and loved them each in their individual way.

Inspired by the decadent glamor of the Jazz Age, Lipstick Queen's «Cool Gin» lipstick is infused with golden pearl - like pigments for a molten finish.

Her stunning and quite sparkly beaded and tasseled Ralph & Russo Couture gown was reminiscent of the dresses worn by the stylish socialites of the Jazz Age, and Kelsey wanted to incorporate some of that vintage glitz into her award's look.

A medley of two zippy Jazz Age ditties, «Wacky Dust» and «When I Get Low, I Get High» — first popularized by the young Ella Fitzgerald — playfully sends up drug culture.

If the essence of magic is a steady stream of pleasurable distraction until the mind - bending big reveal, then the sun - dappled French vistas — gorgeously photographed by cinematographer Darius Khondji — and a very able and attractive cast decked out in Jazz Age finery more than do the job.

«Paris» is full of wisdom, and also full of Cotillard - ingeniously (and convincingly) cast by Allen as the muse and model whose influence goes much further than jazz - age cubists and novelists.

Directed by razzle - dazzle impresario Baz Luhrmann, this «Gatsby» boasts the charismatic duo of Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan as romantic leads, 3 - D as its format, a soundtrack rife with proven hitmakers, a Jazz Age setting and a theme of the American Dream gone sour that still resonates today.

Thank You for Your Service [Inspired by True Events] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B076R598PX/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20 Icons among Us [Jazz in the Present Tense] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002RNO1BW/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20 In Search of Fellini [A Wonderfdully Whimsical Coming of Age Journey]

Allen's Jazz Age backstage comedy is animated by a trio of inspired creations: Jennifer Tilly's ditsy gun moll turned theatrical terror; Dianne Wiest's imperious diva («Don't speak!»)

Moreover, not all of this movie's music, alas, is provided by Ross and her jazz quintet; there's also an insufferable new - age score by the ubiquitous Mark Isham that functions less as commentary than as leveling Muzak.

Born in the bathroom gin - soaked Jazz Age, The New Yorker was to be, in Ross» initial vision, a reflection of «metropolitan life» marked by «gaiety, wit and satire.»

Each decade is illuminated by endearingly eccentric characters: an anorexic waitress falls for a wealthy college boy in the jazz age... an exuberant young nurse questions science during the Depression... a homely seamstress designs a scandalous dress in the 1950s.

A love letter to city life, however shiny or sleazy, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney paints a portrait of a remarkable woman across the canvas of a changing America: from the Jazz Age to the onset of the AIDS epidemic; the Great Depression to the birth of hip - hop.

Fitness for the New Age classes are held by professional instructors include Yoga, Taebo, Zumba, Jazz, Pole Dancing, Belly Dancing and more.

With a focus on relaxation and accessibility, Mondrian innovates on an age - old genre by bringing block - breaking into a circle; letting the player control the speed, difficulty, effects, and controls; and including over an hour of acid jazz, trip hop, techno, ambient, and classical music.

BOOKSHELF «Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist» was published to coincide with the exhibition organized by the Nasher Museum, which traveled to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Chicago Cultural Center; and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

By email, he responded: «Valerie Gerrard Browne and her daughter, Dr. Mara Motley, have been a pleasure to work with throughout the planning, organizing and national presentation of «Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist.»

Comprising photographs and paintings by Sheeler along with fashions of the era, Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography and Sculptural Form evokes the personalities, glamour, and promise of the Jazz Age, and reveals for the first time how Sheeler's «day job» at Condé Nast shaped his aesthetic vision and artistic career.

Members enjoy priority admission to the Whitney's exhibitions including Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, Frank Stella: A Retrospective, and Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner.

«Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist» was organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and curated by noted art historian and Duke professor Richard J. Powell.

Many of Sloan's circular reliefs reminded me of the still life paintings made by a trio of linked figures in Jazz Age France: Le Corbusier, Fernand Leger, and Leger's protégé and friend Gerald Murphy, who also lived in East Hampton.

A major painting by Delaunay dominates a room in the Cooper - Hewitt's «Jazz Age» exhibition, and the Neue Galerie is featuring a Jawlensky retrospective.

Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist was made possible by the Terra Foundation for American Art; the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor; and the Henry Luce Foundation.

Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist was organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, closes Jan. 17, 2016.

Originally presented in the penthouse of Gramercy Park Hotel's International Art Fair (The Armory Show's predecessor), it served to introduce Stettheimer — a Jazz - Age figurative painter, who also ran a notorious Upper West Side salon frequented by the likes of Marcel Duchamp and Georgia O'Keeffe — to an art world that had largely forgotten her contribution.

Nearly 580,000 people around the country saw Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, the retrospective curated three years ago by Powell.

Evoking the character and energy of the Jazz Age, the exhibition will be complemented by prints from Sheeler's «Doylestown House» series, early portraiture, and his photographs of modern sculpture, as well as period costumes.

Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist is made possible by the Terra Foundation for American Art; the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor; and the Henry Luce Foundation.

African American history, from the Great Migration and Jazz age are depicted by other artists like Romare Bearden (1911 - 88) and Robert Scott Duncanson (1821 - 72).

Rhythm & Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain highlighted how the new jazz sound in post-War nightclubs and dancehalls provided exciting and dynamic material for British artists — displaying bold depictions of lively dancers by William Roberts and Frank Dobson, alongside the Harlem - inspired paintings for which Edward Burra, one of Britain's foremost Modernist painters, was well - knJazz in Britain highlighted how the new jazz sound in post-War nightclubs and dancehalls provided exciting and dynamic material for British artists — displaying bold depictions of lively dancers by William Roberts and Frank Dobson, alongside the Harlem - inspired paintings for which Edward Burra, one of Britain's foremost Modernist painters, was well - knjazz sound in post-War nightclubs and dancehalls provided exciting and dynamic material for British artists — displaying bold depictions of lively dancers by William Roberts and Frank Dobson, alongside the Harlem - inspired paintings for which Edward Burra, one of Britain's foremost Modernist painters, was well - known.

Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist is organized by the Nasher Museum at Duke University and curated by Professor Richard J. Powell.

«The novel chronicles efforts by a lawyer, recovering alcoholic Michael Seeley, to help a group of aging Cuban jazz musicians and their families reclaim copyrights to their works.

Like many games of this genre (even Yooka - Laylee), the story eventually involves wacky animal characters and creatures such as a skeletal jazz musician (justified by the zombie dust) and an aged female scientist who is a turtle (I have no idea about that one).

4 The Great Gatsby book This classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the inspiration for the jazz age glamour these days and is definitely worth reading (again).