Objects, Design Decade exhibition, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941
Creator
Baltimore Museum of Art
Subject
The Baltimore Museum of Art; Art museums--Exhibitions; Automobiles--Bodies--United States--Design and construction--History; Machine design; Morris, William, 1834-1896; Art and science; Art and technology; Machinery in art; Industrial design; Art and design; World War, 1939-1945;
Description
Detail of cast iron objects from the "Home" section of the Design Decade exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art in April-May of 1941. The exhibition hoped to celebrate the advances in machinery and object design from 1930-1940, ranging from telephones to automobiles. The museum felt that the modern designs of the current time reflected a marriage of science and art; however, that the machines and architecture of the 1930's reflected a more peaceful perspective. The exhibition also included a background history of design and the rules which constituted "good design in any age" as well as displays on important figures in design such as William Morris. Installations for the exhibition were arranged in the Thorne Rooms surrounding the octagonal gallery. With the concept that "machines create beauty and ugliness with equal ease" the exhibition hoped to illustrate the tenets of appropriate and beautiful design.
Publisher (Electronic Version)
Archives and Manuscripts Collections, The Baltimore Museum of Art
Holding Institution
Baltimore Museum of Art
Date Original
1941
Date Digital
2012
Type
Image;
Format
1 black and white negative, 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
Source
Photograph Collection, Exhibitions Series
Coverage (Time Period)
1941-1950;
Rights
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