Architecture, Literature

Architecture
-International Style
Bauhaus School in Germany

Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye

Ludwig Mie van der Rohe and Philip Johnson's Seagram Building
  • Form is simple and follows function
  • Ornamentation is eliminated
  • Integration of steel frame construction and reinforced concrete

Literature
-Genre fiction
  • The Golden Age of Detective Fiction produced many popular British female authors such as Agatha Christie
  • Alternate realities of science fiction become popular
-Fiction and drama moved back to the subjective,
  • The emphasis was on unconsciousness motivations and social and environmental pressures placed on the individual