Nye is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Minnesotas Charles Babbage Institute and Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark.
American illuminations also became integral parts of national political campaigns, presidential inaugurations, and victory celebrations after the Spanish-American War and World War I. Poor and blighted areas disappeared into the shadows. By the 1890s they adopted more intensive, commercial lighting that defined distinct zones of light and glamorized the citys White Ways, skyscrapers, bridges, department stores, theaters, and dance halls. In the 1880s, cities erected powerful arc lights on towers to create artificial moonlight. Americans used gaslight and electricity in parades, expositions, advertising, elections, and political spectacles. In American Illuminations, David Nye explains how they experimented with gas and electric light to create illuminated cityscapes far brighter and more dynamic than those of Europe, and how these illuminations became symbols of modernity and the conquest of nature. Nineteenth-century Americans rejected such monarchial pomp and adapted spectacular lighting to their democratic, commercial culture. Their fireworks, torches, lamps, and special effects glorified the monarch, marked the birth of a prince, or celebrated military victory. Illuminated ftes and civic celebrations began in Renaissance Italy and spread through the courts of Europe. that provide the best service, work with us well and made our brides the happiest. Book Synopsis How Americans adapted European royal illuminations for patriotic celebrations, spectacular expositions, and intensely bright commercial lighting to create the worlds most dazzling and glamorous cities. Johns Illuminations Event Lighting, Decor & Rentals Serving.
0 kommentar(er)
