" Come tour the future with General Motors! A transcontinental flight over America in 1960! What will we see? What changes will transpire? " Conclusion of a 2-part series on Streamline moderne, In this episode I'll discuss why it took particular root in Depression-era America, and also discuss how the critics viewed modern art in the 1930s. Photo credit: Wes Magyar To explore future: Book, Bush, "The Streamlined Decade", George Braziller Inc, 1075Pictures of the Hoover M...
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" Come tour the future with General Motors! A transcontinental flight over America in 1960! What will we see? What changes will transpire? " Conclusion of a 2-part series on Streamline moderne, In this episode I'll discuss why it took particular root in Depression-era America, and also discuss how the critics viewed modern art in the 1930s. Photo credit: Wes Magyar To explore future: Book, Bush, "The Streamlined Decade", George Braziller Inc, 1075Pictures of the Hoover M...
"Paris is the world, the rest of the earth nothing but its suburbs" First in a 3-part series on the 1925 Paris exposition, the "Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Moderne", that sparked a world-wide explosion of the glamorous and much-loved Art Deco style. In this episode I discuss the genesis of Paris' position as the fashion capital of the world, and also explore early responses of decorative art and design to the challenge of modernity. To explore f...
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" Come tour the future with General Motors! A transcontinental flight over America in 1960! What will we see? What changes will transpire? " Conclusion of a 2-part series on Streamline moderne, In this episode I'll discuss why it took particular root in Depression-era America, and also discuss how the critics viewed modern art in the 1930s. Photo credit: Wes Magyar To explore future: Book, Bush, "The Streamlined Decade", George Braziller Inc, 1075Pictures of the Hoover M...
