As Seen on TV : The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s

Karal Ann Marling

ISBN 10: 0674048830 / ISBN 13: 9780674048836

Editore: Harvard University Press Mär 1996, 1996

Riguardo questo articolo

Neuware - From the paint-by-numbers fad, to the public fascination with Mamie Eisenhower's apparel, to the visual explosion that was Elvis Presley on stage, As Seen On TV explores what Americans saw and what they looked for during television's first golden era, the 1950s. Codice articolo 9780674048836

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: As Seen on TV : The Visual Culture of ...

Casa editrice: Harvard University Press Mär 1996

Data di pubblicazione: 1996

Legatura: Taschenbuch

Condizione: Neu

Descrizione articolo

Riassunto:

America in the 1950s: the world was not so much a stage as a setpiece for TV, the new national phenomenon. It was a time when how things looked--and how we looked--mattered, a decade of design that comes to vibrant life in As Seen on TV. From the painting-by-numbers fad to the public fascination with the First Lady's apparel to the television sensation of Elvis Presley to the sculptural refinement of the automobile, Marling explores what Americans saw and what they looked for with a gaze newly trained by TV. A study in style, in material culture, in art history at eye level, this book shows us as never before those artful everyday objects that stood for American life in the 1950s, as seen on TV.

Product Description:

The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s