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Talking ModernismAuthor: Michael Hauptman
Talking Modernism - a podcast series exploring how our grandparents and great-grandparents changed the world. In each episode we explore a different aspect of modernism, the revolution in thinking from the 1920s and 30s, and what it can teach us about our world today Language: en-us Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 12 - Streamline moderne, Part 2
Episode 12
Saturday, 29 April, 2023
Send us a text" 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 MagyarTo explore future:Book, Bush, "The Streamlined Decade", George Braziller Inc, 1075Pictures of the Hoover Model 150 by Henry DreyfussPictures of the Oriole gas stove by Norman Bel GeddesPicture of the Electrolux Model 30 by Lurelle Van ArsdaleGood article on Norman Bel Geddes' mechanical horse race and his War GameOriginal color documentary by General Motors on the 1939 Futurama exhibit. Ride footage commences at minute 8:00Good brief video summarising Norman Bel Geddes' careerCatalogue of 1934 MOMA exhibition "Machine Art"Book, Marshall, "Machine Art 1934", University of Chicago Press, 2012MOMA diagram shown progression of modern art 1890-1935
