(Visual) Notes on Culture
GALAXY, APRIL 1955
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Bloody ray-gun!
Beckmann's Gotterdammerung
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Max Beckmann,
Paris Society, 1931.
POWER PLAYER
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Promo ad from Kemco Seika.
Big Ben via the London Eye
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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
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Dig the 1960s utopianism.
Gallic Costumes, Late 17th Century til World War I
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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
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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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