Modern Art of the 1950’s. “At 5:29:45 (Mountain War Time) on July 16, 1945, in a white blaze...
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• “At 5:29:45 (Mountain War Time) on July 16, 1945, in a white blaze that stretched from the basin of the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico to the still-dark skies, "The Gadget" ushered in the Atomic Age.”
• US govt backed project “The Manhattan Project” developed the first A bomb.
• Significant impact: “Isidor Rabi felt that the equilibrium in nature had been upset as if humankind had become a threat to the world it inhabited” & “After viewing the results several participants signed petitions against loosing the monster they had created, but their protests fell on deaf ears.”
http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/atomic_bomb.htm
Popular culture• With new technology, comes infiltration of atomic
imagery into culture. • People excited about the future of nuclear energy:
felt everything would one day be powered in this manner
• Cold war with Russia is on! • Science fiction and space race enhanced concepts
of atomic age
Characteristics• “Vital Forms”: abstract organic forms• Atomic particles• X-Ray skeletal forms/shapes• Colors flat• outlines
Alyce Simon• http://treeoflifeartists.weebly.com/atomic-art.html