arh346: History of Graphic Design (and more)

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Posted by atRifF at 4:53 PM

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"The Absinthe Drinker" -- Degas
Daguerreotype erotica

Jacques Moulin, Two Nudes Standing , 185 (from an exhibition @ Luminous Lint ) Johan Schwarzer, early Austrian erotic movie, 1906 ...
Clamor and Zero Hero

Thursday we had the opportunity to see two very different shows: CLAMOR by Allora & Calzadilla , and Zero Hero by John Bock . Silvia&#...
German Modern standardization: Deutscher Werkbund

Deutscher Werkbund was founded in 1907 in Munich as a response to widely held worries that Germany’s rapid modernization was coming at...
The Saturday Evening Post

Otto von Bismarck, by George Gibbs From 1821 to 1969 The Saturday Evening Post published current events articles, editorials, human int...
cuban revolutionary posters (1960's-1970's)

May Day. All with Fidel on the Square of the Revolution , CTC, 1964 Even as revolutions have lost the appeal they used to have in the...
World War II Propaganda (& Big Brother in between)
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Vito Acconci's "Trademarks" (1970). Whilst sitting in front of a camera Acconci performed a series of contorted poses and bit...
BAUHAUS, works

Walter Gropius , Dessau Bauhaus Building, (1926) Josef Albers , Homage to the Square (1965) László Moholy-Nagy, Photogram ...
William Pickering's "The Elements of Euclid"

William Pickering's cover from The Elements of Euclid (1847). Pickering’s most notable publications include Chaucer’s Canterbury Tale...

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