(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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