(Visual) Notes on Culture
GALAXY, APRIL 1955

Bloody ray-gun!
Beckmann's Gotterdammerung

Max Beckmann,
Paris Society, 1931.
POWER PLAYER

Promo ad from Kemco Seika.
Big Ben via the London Eye

Big Ben, as seen through the
London Eye. For a cultural assessment, see Jonathan Glancey's
London: Bread and Circuses (Verso, 2001).
GALAXY, 08/1968

Dig the 1960s utopianism.
Gallic Costumes, Late 17th Century til World War I

French Styles of Dress, from the late 17th century until the early 1900s. From the
Larousse Universel. (Click for detail).
Gallic Costumes, from Charlemagne to Louis XIII

French Styles of Dress, from the Middle Ages to Louis XIII. From the
Larousse Universel. (Click for detail). Stay tuned for Part II!
Labels: fashion, France, print
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