Medicine during World War 2

There were a lot of medicines that were used more during World War 2.  A few of these included sulfanilamide, penicillin and morphine. 

Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk, a German Biochemist discovered this 1932 while researching antibacterial chemicals.  It was first used in 1935.  During World War 2 everyone carried sulfanilamide to control bacterial infections.  This decreased the mortality rate by almost 60%.

Penicillin, discovered by Scottish bacterialist Sir Alexander Fleming, also became widely used during World War 2.  The pharmaceutical company Pfizer discovered a production technique that was able to produce penicillin a lot quicker.  They provided 90 percent of the penicillin used in Normandy on D-day.

Morphine, derived from the opium poppy plant, was used as a pain killer during World War 2.  The pharmaceutical company Squibb discovered a way for medics to use morphine on injured soldiers on the front line.  The morphine was put in a toothpaste tube so it was easily carried.

Shirley Temple

Shirly Temple was the most famous child actress in the 1930's.  When she was born, her mother would sing Shirley to sleep, surrounding her with music early on.  She then was exposed to dance at age three; it was at one of her dance classes that she was discovered. She first appeared in Baby Burlesks, a movie that included spoofs about other famous movies.  This curly haired girl became popular at age five when she had a role in Stand Up and Cheer. That same year she was also seen in Little Miss Marker, Baby Take a Bow and Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes is the movie in which she sang her famous song "On the Good Ship Lollipop."  Shirley Temple became very well known in the 1930's as a cute, curly haired girl, and was adored by many.

Giovanni Arnolfini and his bride.

Jan Van Eyck was a famous painter in the 1400's. He painted 'Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride' 1434, in London. Van Eyck included many underlying interpretations. The first unusual depiction is that normally when you get married you shake with your right. Yet Giovanni is shaking with his left. If you shake with your left that will prevent gold-diggers and plus he has it documented with the picture. I guess shaking with your left hand is ideal to signing a prenuptial today.

I know I'm getting pretty detailed, yet it's engaging the audience. The bride is fashionable, looks pregnant yet not, and she is wearing such a dress that shouldn't be a maid. Giovanni is close to the window which is symbolic f0r the bread carrier (provider). His wife is close to the bed which could could mean that she is the baby maker and will care for it.

We know it's a wedding because their shoes are off and that is what they did in church. The burning candle means that they are in the presence of God. The timber ceiling defines purity, and the dog symbolizes obedience and faithful. Finally, the mirror could be the eye of God and in the reflection is Van Eyck and the priest.

Cross Inscribed Carpet Page - Lindisfarne Gospels

Going back in time around 704 in Early Medieval Europe the Lindisfarne Gospel was created with several pages. This page 'Cross Inscribed Carpet Page' borrowed the style from the Book of Durrow to the next level. It has illuminated manuscripts with complex shapes. Tons of time must have been spent on this. Mythical creatures embedded (hidden) through the designs and combines the creatures if you look really close.

Eye Magazine 50

Eye magazine talked about the ideology of type. In 1540 Claude Garamond was hired to create his standardized typeface that represented France in away and was used for all the business papers. Garamond became the first to basically create a trade mark for himself with his typeface.

Personally, I enjoy Garamond type. It is unique how it's not made up of geometric shapes. I made templates of Garamond a year or two ago and each letter appears to be hand drawn b/c there really aren't that many strait lines. What a pain in the butt to cut out.

Anyways, years later the New Typography took over. It consisted a asymmetry and san serifs. Then when Hitler took over in 1933 in Germany and the Nazi gov't brought back the bold and space filling blackletters. They Nazis said it was un-German, yet years later they brought back the New Typeface. Around that same time printers were using large slab serifs (big footprints) on sturdy wood for display letters for the bill and large posters. Slab serifs were the type on wanted posters that we still see today. The new typefaces symbolized a new way of life (at the time) clearly by American skyscrapers.

In 1919 News Gothics (large screaming type on wood) was used to signal a large story such as the mind-boggling tabloids. News Gothic in a few words 'signal the big story.' In the 20's Paul Renner's Futura came by storm with the combination styles of the Renaissance and Bauhaus. Futura was unique with its variety of strokes from thick to thin and different stroke weights that the public had to soak in.

The Nazi's abandoned the Gothic type because the Nazis found out or thought it derived from the jews.

The other styles that later appeared were influenced by the harsh economic problems caused by WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and more. Artist were breaking the modern rules of type by taking it further. Art Nouveau and Postmodern styles a ambushed modernism. Postmodernist characterized their work as psychedelic and colorful. Nudity, drugs and rock-and-roll flourished. People were rebellious all over the place. This new attitude was new to the previous 'Leave it to Beaver' and 'The Brady Bunch' era.

Finally, the people leaned more towards type that represented speed.

Von Glitchka

Von Glitschka

• Recognizing his talents in drawing at the age of 5 after winning an art

contest, Von Glitschka knew he would someday make a career of his love

of creativity. Over the years he would try different styles of art and add his

own twist to the contemporary world of art. Thus, Glitschka established his

own mark in the industry as an “Illustrative Designer”, a phrase he coined

for his unique niche.

• Von Glitschka grew up greatly inspired by his mother who engaged him in

painting and crafts at a very young age and encouraged him to express his

originality through his work. Other pieces of inspiration stemmed from his

personal interest in Japanese cartoons and old record covers by Jim Flora. But his

love for art did not stop at home. Glitschka was not shy to show off his talents in

school as he took every opportunity he could to tie art into his projects or show

off for his friends.

• Glitschka went on to graduate from The Seattle Art Institute in 1986. From

there he directed his artistic abilities towards the field of Graphic Design in

which he spent the first ten years of his career working for in-house

departments and decent sized creative agencies. Now days, the designer

spends his time creating for major publications and advertising agencies

from his studio in Salem, Oregon. Over the 23 years that Glitschka has

worked in communication arts he has been titled Senior Designer and Art

Director and has seen success with his award winning projects.

• In 2002, Von opened Glitschka Studios, a creative

agency that includes popular clientele such as General

Motors, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Major League

Baseball, Merck, Microsoft, Pepsi, Virgin Atlantic,

Hasbro, Bandai Toys, Edison Power, Allstate Insurance

and Upper Deck.

• Among his many commitments, Von teaches a digital

illustration class at a local college and created a

resource site called illustrationclass.com for students and

designers to learn or reference new techniques.

Here are some of his web sites. The illustration school site is my favorite cause he offers great tutorials, vectors, and downloads:

http://www.illustrationclass.com/?page_id=3

http://www.vonglitschka.com/

http://www.federalbureauofillustration.com

Star Wars, 1977

Star Wars is an epic space opera franchise conceived by George Lucas. The film was originally released on May 25, 1977 by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, spawning two immediate sequels, released at three-year intervals. As of 2008, the overall box office revenue generated by the six Star Wars films has totaled approx. $4.3 billion, making it the third highest grossing film series, behind James bond and Harry Potter films.

The Star Wars film series has spawned other media including books, television series, video games, and comic books. These supplements to film trilogies comprise the Star Wars Expanded Universe, and have resulted in significant development of the series' fictional universe

  The setting of the events dipicted in Star Wars media take place in a fictional galaxy. Many species of alien creatures are often depicted. Robotic droids are also commonplace and are generally built to serve their owners. Space travel is common, and many planets in the galaxy are members of a Galactic Republic, later reorganized as the Galactic Empire. 

       

Awards

IV: A New Hope

Art Direction- Set Direction

Costume Design

Film Editing

Music (original Score)

Sound (Mixing)

Visual Effects

    Box Office Performance

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope-$430,998,007

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back-$290,475,067

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi-$309,306,177

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace-$431,088,301

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones-$310,676,740

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith-$380,270,577

Star Wars: The Clone Wars-$35,161,544

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars

Lauren Bray