Jet age aesthetics : the glamour of media in motion /
Schwartz, Vanessa R.
Jet age aesthetics : the glamour of media in motion / Vanessa R. Schwartz - New Haven [CT] ; Yale University Press, 2020 - xiii, 214 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Fluid on the ground: designing the airport for the jet age -- Chapter Two. Disneyland and the art of people-moving -- Chapter Three. Arrivals and departures: photojournalism and the making of the jet set -- Chapter Four. Ernst Haas and the blurring of color in motion -- Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations credits.
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.
9780300247466
ARTS AND SOCIETY--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
MASS MEDIA AND CULTURE--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
TRANSPORTATION--AESTHETIC ASPECTS
DISNEYLAND (CALIF.)
N 72 .S39 2020
Jet age aesthetics : the glamour of media in motion / Vanessa R. Schwartz - New Haven [CT] ; Yale University Press, 2020 - xiii, 214 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Fluid on the ground: designing the airport for the jet age -- Chapter Two. Disneyland and the art of people-moving -- Chapter Three. Arrivals and departures: photojournalism and the making of the jet set -- Chapter Four. Ernst Haas and the blurring of color in motion -- Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations credits.
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.
9780300247466
ARTS AND SOCIETY--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
MASS MEDIA AND CULTURE--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
TRANSPORTATION--AESTHETIC ASPECTS
DISNEYLAND (CALIF.)
N 72 .S39 2020
