Utopian visions : the "Cold War" and its political aesthetics
What is the link between consumer society, fear of a nuclear war, design, modernity and utopia? According to the curators David Crowley and Jane Pavitt, the answer can be summarized in one concept: the Cold War. ‘Cold War Modern’ is an exhibit intending to show how the two postwar superpowers, the U...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Zeithistorische Forschungen. - Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004. - 5(2008), 2, Seite 313-322 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2009
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Zeithistorische Forschungen |
| Zusammenfassung: | What is the link between consumer society, fear of a nuclear war, design, modernity and utopia? According to the curators David Crowley and Jane Pavitt, the answer can be summarized in one concept: the Cold War. ‘Cold War Modern’ is an exhibit intending to show how the two postwar superpowers, the US and the USSR, engaged in aggressive contests in art, architecture and design in order to ‘demonstrate a superior vision of modernity’. |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturangaben |
| Beschreibung: | Illustrationen |
| ISSN: | 1612-6033 |