Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future

Brosterman, Norman

ISBN 10: 0810929392 / ISBN 13: 9780810929395

Published by Harry N. Abrams, 2000

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Synopsis:

Flying cities ... Martian colonies ... spaceships ... robots ... monorails ... bubble-topped cars ... atomic explosions ... These have all appeared in both artistic renderings of the future for pulp magazines and as serious architectural proposals. In the twentieth century, high and low, fact and fiction mixed in ways that are now impossible to separate. Design references for the future were drawn from engineering, science fiction, avant-garde architecture, pulp fiction and mechanic magazines, aerodynamics, and the 1939 New York World's Fair. And many of these ideas have actually come to pass. Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future is a collection of illustration art from the past century, portraying the indefatigable gee whiz of the imagined future.

Synopsis: Published in conjunction with the Fall 2000 exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, this volume contains color reproductions of original vintage artworks created to illustrate magazine stories or books. Focusing on the enthusiastic embrace of a particular 20th-century spirit, they form a visual archaeology

Bibliographic Details

Title: Out of Time: Designs for the ...
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good