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The Seattle, Washington Space Needle, built in 1962.Atomic Age design included elements of space exploration, scientific discovery, and futurism. In design, the Atomic Age is the period roughly corresponding from 1940 to 1963, when concerns about nuclear war dominated Western society during the Cold War.
Googie architecture (/ ˈ ɡ uː ɡ i / ⓘ GOO-ghee [1]) is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. [2] It originated in Southern California from the Streamline Moderne architecture of the 1930s, and was popular in the United States from roughly 1945 to the early 1970s. [3]
In 1948, the artistic movement of Eaismo published a manifesto illustrating some aspects of the atomic age and, at the same time, criticizing the industrial use of nuclear power. [ 3 ] It was a movement of poetry and painting, founded by the Italian artist Voltolino Fontani , aiming to balance the role of men in a society upset by the danger of ...
The Atomic Age, also known as the ... French advocates of nuclear power developed an aesthetic vision of nuclear technology as art to bolster support for the technology.
Referring to the period roughly corresponding to 1940–1963, the Atomic Age includes elements of space exploration, scientific discovery, and futurism, creating an idea of an "optimistic, modern world". [2] Atomic Age design became popular and instantly recognizable, with a use of atomic motifs and space age symbols.
A state legislator is moving to outlaw the sale of nicotine pouches, despite the federal Food and Drug Administration's endorsement of the product to help smokers quit cancer-causing cigarettes.
Atompunk (also known as atomicpunk) relates to the pre-digital period of 1945–1969, including mid-century modernism; the Atomic, Jet, and Space Ages; communism, Neo-Soviet styling, and early Cold War espionage, along with anti-communist and Red Scare paranoia in the United States; underground cinema; Googie architecture; Sputnik and the Space ...
New cadets march during Reception Day at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on June 27, 2016. Credit - Drew Angerer—Getty Images