The Contemporary period

By alicew
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    The Contemporary period in France

  • The electric light bulb - Thomas Edison

    The invention of light bulb is a revolution.
  • Electric Light Company - Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison created the first power station of the world. This electric light compagny produced a current in Wall Street in Manhattan for 85 homes, offices and stores, 1200 lights was illuminated.
  • The first modern camera - The Lumière's brothers

    Auguste and Louis Lumière fabricated a modern camera, this invention maked it possible to project images out of the camera on a screen. Then, they invented the movie theatre. The first projection hapenned the 28th december 1895.
  • Contemporary Art

  • Period: to

    The Contemporary period in UK

  • Hiroshima

    On 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by US air forces. This was the first time a nuclear weapon had ever been used.
  • Georges Owell - Writer

    The denunciation of tyrannical regimes through his allegorical writings.
  • The history of computers

    The history of computeurs began with primitive designs in the early 19th century and continued to change the world through the 20th century.
  • The Community Arts movement

    The movement was inspired by artists from different disciplines by giving access to artistic creativity to deprived social group.
  • Contemporary Art - Gary Hume

    The movement inclues paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs. Contemporary Art also allows to make concepts, ideas or claims. Example of a contemporary artist who uses minimalism and pop art through his works.
  • Luke Jernam - Sculptor

    Lube Jernam is a british sculptor. Lube Jernam and his way to perceiving microorganism : "Glass microbiology".
  • Present coronavirus pandemic

    The Covid-19 epidemic, a coronavirus disease that appeared in November 2019 in China, has killed nearly 6 million people worldwide.