tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post7121422679010866367..comments2024-03-28T20:35:00.265+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Brave New World - Australia in the 1930sHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-58625729431655714782017-09-22T09:28:01.900+10:002017-09-22T09:28:01.900+10:00Parnassus
couldn't agree with you more. After...Parnassus<br /><br />couldn't agree with you more. After all, my all time favourite modernist-feminist-Art Deco artist was Tamara de Lempicka, a Polish woman who became famous when she lived in Paris in the decades until WW2 broke out in 1939. Then she remained famous in the USA.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-18135106624919870672017-09-21T21:38:39.708+10:002017-09-21T21:38:39.708+10:00Hello Hels, It seems that all the pictures and ex...Hello Hels, It seems that all the pictures and examples you give could also have been taken straight from America, where the same forces were having effect. For example, although it doesn't sport an arched center section, look at photos of Cleveland's Carnegie-Lorain Bridge.<br /><br />I'll grant you the world-famous life-guards are Australia's unique property. And Peggie Crombie looks great (I also looked up her work, which is quite admirable).<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-529965590025842542017-09-20T11:51:22.268+10:002017-09-20T11:51:22.268+10:00Deb
I agree, for two reasons. Firstly children ha...Deb<br /><br />I agree, for two reasons. Firstly children have trouble understanding concepts in two dimensions. A dress on a life-size model means a great deal more to a child than a drawing of the same dress in a women's magazine. (And to me too, I suspect).<br /><br />Secondly Art Deco was a bulked-up art style that depended on height, speed, geometrical shapes and minimalist decoration. No fainting 1890s women who got their exercise from sniffing flowers in the garden. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-6370100436857110662017-09-20T11:44:56.762+10:002017-09-20T11:44:56.762+10:00bazza
modernism in art, architecture, clothes, ca...bazza<br /><br />modernism in art, architecture, clothes, cars, industry etc was all over the developed world. If we couldn't create stuff ourselves, we sent our young designers overseas to learn Art Deco etc and create it here. <br /><br />But to create a national identity, separate from sheep, gum trees and kangaroos, was a separate issue, as you note. WW1 ANZAC soldiers did it from 1914 on, but by 1930 we were looking for Australian modernity in peace time.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37374187611781621572017-09-20T11:39:14.462+10:002017-09-20T11:39:14.462+10:00Andrew
those posters of fast trains, 1930s cars, ...Andrew<br /><br />those posters of fast trains, 1930s cars, muscular tall buildings and sleek greyhounds were very Deco and full of pride. Despite the hideous Depression, this was a decade of optimism and confidence for many Australians. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-25124261879525807782017-09-20T11:34:52.913+10:002017-09-20T11:34:52.913+10:00mike
in shaping a healthy, fit, lean and muscular...mike<br /><br />in shaping a healthy, fit, lean and muscular body, the German Fascists (and perhaps others) depicted their men almost a political symbol. These men were encouraged to have perfect babies, join the Party and be proud of their nationalist displays.<br /><br />That had nothing whatsoever to do with Australian men of course, but the timing was impeccable.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-42913849611828393952017-09-19T23:27:30.994+10:002017-09-19T23:27:30.994+10:00I also took my older grandchildren who loved the t...I also took my older grandchildren who loved the three dimensional pieces like furniture and radios. They did not love the posters or paintings as much.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-52507748371297136432017-09-19T21:47:31.674+10:002017-09-19T21:47:31.674+10:00My thoughts echo Mike's, above. Although geogr...My thoughts echo Mike's, above. Although geographically isolated Australia was no less immune to Futurism, Modernism, the Art Deco movement etc. I suppose my thinking about Australia has always lazily seen it as Europe 'down there' so the reinforcing of a national identity was/is important. I would <i>love</i> to have seen that exhibition.<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s meretricious Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-20637495327824616832017-09-19T21:41:48.988+10:002017-09-19T21:41:48.988+10:00Ah, that wonderful stylised photo of the Spirit. O...Ah, that wonderful stylised photo of the Spirit. Our Friend from Japan has been here visiting and saw the exhibition. I am so excited in anticipation of seeing it and you have stimulated me even more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-85053426018294274032017-09-19T20:36:25.532+10:002017-09-19T20:36:25.532+10:00A fascinating post - really enjoyed it. The exhibi...A fascinating post - really enjoyed it. The exhibition sounds as though it was/is absorbing. Does 'body culture' have undesirable fascistic overtones? Potentially narcissistic, but not necessarily political.Mike@Bit About Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741370413282813229noreply@blogger.com