TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schwartz, Vanessa R.
TI  - Jet age aesthetics: the glamour of media in motion 
SN  - 9780300247466
AV  - N 72 .S39 2020 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New Haven [CT]
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - ARTS AND SOCIETY--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
KW  - MASS MEDIA AND CULTURE--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY
KW  - TRANSPORTATION--AESTHETIC ASPECTS
KW  - DISNEYLAND (CALIF.)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -