Blog 9
When watching the lectures this week I was particularly
interested in the portion of lecture 3 about the cold war. The Cold war was an
exciting era in history full of nation wide progress in space exploration and
intense tension and completion with the Soviet Union. The day the soviets launched the
first satellite, sputnik, changed our nation forever. We were now behind in the
spaced race leaving our nation in fear of other more dangerous soviet advancements
we didn’t know about. The competitive atmosphere pushed American scientist to
work quickly and scientific advancements were made faster than ever. Our nation
was in an era of rapid change and intense politics and learning about this made
me curious to see how this change was reflected in the art of the time. After
further research I found the cold war had significant influence in both the art and fashion
world. In this era you saw a new genera of clothing in high fashion that
reflected the space age and looked very futuristic. Pictured below is a Piece
called the “Space Hat” by Edward Mann. (1965)
Another piece of art that was influenced by the cold war was the “Environmental Transformers” pictured below. They were created in 1968 by Haus-Rucker-Co and reflected the nation wide fear of an atomic explosions. The piece shows three different fly like masks that resemble some sort of futuristic gas mask. This piece represents the old saying “the art of the possible”. It became so famous because people were genuinely afraid they might end up having to live life wearing a mask like that one day.
Lastly, I included a famous drawing at the time that is a
great example of American propaganda towards the soviets during the cold
war.
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love your post definitely like how you applied the fashion as a form of art .
ReplyDeleteAlso like how you talked about the cold war and how it later influenced further from
progress from us and how we wanted to win the Race for Outer Space.
I also enjoyed how you incorporated how clothing became a safety precaution while still trying to make this a fashion statement. It is so interesting to note the gas masks that came in different styles.
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