A Jan. 1936 news item.
(No mention of how newspapers make huge amounts of money through these screens.)
Via T.J. Ortenzi via Phil Rosenthal
“Cityscape”
by Tullio Crali, 1939Via a reverse image search (thanks to a reader for suggesting), I figured out this image was originally posted as part of a piece called “20 Dynamic Paintings from the Italian Futurists.”
From the intro:
Italian writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti founded Futurism when he published his Futurist Manifesto in Parisian newspaper Le Figaro on 20th February 1909. Marinetti passionately laid out his ideas, which would form the central concepts of the movement. Futurism was a key artistic and social development in 20th Century art history, originating and most active within Italy, but also a movement whose ideas spread to Russia, England and beyond.
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I’m truly in awe of these real Steampunk styles from this Retronaut post: Women of the Future 1902 (Note that women wearing pants are a major forward-thinking theme)
I’ve posted these before - but style never goes out of fashion. (Remember at the time they would have been considered rather risque)
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From the St. Petersburg Evening Independent, Nov. 25, 1924. (HT Weird Universe).
“Super cockney” will prevail.
“We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. A racing automobile with its bonnet adorned with great tubes like serpents with explosive breath … a roaring motor car which seems to run on machine-gun fire, is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace.” The Futurist Manifesto.
Mr Feastingonroadkill has a short story in his head. And it must be written.
Watch this space.
A lot of vintage depictions of futuristic cities involved these elevated roads supported by and passing through skyscrapers. The idea is pretty impractical, but it looks awesome
I really like overpasses and elevated roads. If I go into city design, I think I would want a lot of them. They’re sort of impractical, but I think they use space more effectively and the shadow they cast isn’t that bad.
I love the inefficiency and yet perfect rationality of the pneumatic tube city.
David from Wondermark sez, “I thought you guys would appreciate this retro-futuristic poster I designed! It was painted by Carly Monardo, whom you might know from her work on the webcomic Dr. McNinja — she dug into old Popular Science covers to really get the proper retro feel. “
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