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Jet age aesthetic : the glamour of media in motion
- Title
- Jet age aesthetic : the glamour of media in motion / Vanessa R. Schwartz.
- Author
- Schwartz, Vanessa R.
- Publication
- New Haven [CT] : Yale University Press, [2020]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 22-548 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 214 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
- Summary
- "Vanessa R. Schwartz engagingly presents the jet plane's power to define a new age at a critical moment in the mid-20th century, arguing that the craft's speed and smooth ride allowed people to imagine themselves living in the future. Exploring realms as diverse as airport architecture, theme park design, film, and photography, Schwartz argues that the jet created an aesthetic that circulated on the ground below. Visual and media culture, including Eero Saarinen's airports, David Bailey's photographs of the jet set, and Ernst Haas's experiments in color photojournalism glamorized the imagery of motion. Drawing on unprecedented access to the archives of The Walt Disney Studios, Schwartz also examines the period's most successful example of fluid motion meeting media culture: Disneyland. The park's dedication to "people-moving" defined Walt Disney's vision, shaping the very identity of the place. The jet age aesthetic laid the groundwork for our contemporary media culture, in which motion is so fluid that we can surf the internet while going nowhere at all."--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.
- Contents
- Fluid motion on the ground: designing the airport for the Jet Age -- Disneyland and the art of people-moving -- Arrivals and departures: photojournalism and the making of the Jet Set -- Ernst Haas and the blurring of color in motion.
- Call Number
- JQF 22-548
- ISBN
- 9780300247466
- 030024746X
- LCCN
- 2019940768
- OCLC
- 1112887610
- Author
- Schwartz, Vanessa R., author.
- Title
- Jet age aesthetic : the glamour of media in motion / Vanessa R. Schwartz.
- Publisher
- New Haven [CT] : Yale University Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JQF 22-548