CSFRST 2374 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Works Progress Administration, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jean Cocteau
13 Dec 2017
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October 29, 1929 stock market broke down - great depression (black friday) Average income went down by 40%, extreme economic struggle. Nature, soft line, art deco and architecture ----- empire state. 1932- roosevelt president, new deal, technicolor film process. 1935- wpa (work projects administration) established, social security act becomes law. 1939- grapes of wrath published; gone with the wind released. The great depression years, unemployment is widespread, farmers and the dustbowl. Dorothy shaver introduces american couture lord and taylor 1932. America leads world in mass production of clothing in standard sizes (4th major industry in us) related to production of military uniform during wwii. Surrealism(salvidor dali (melting clock), jean cocteau, fashion photographers use surrealist settings, elsa schiaparelli) A 20th century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. Duke of windsor and wallis simpson, wedding day.
