These
artists and architects are only a few of the many who contributed to the
enlightenment. Fashion, advertising, aviation, electronics and automobiles all
benefited from the movement as well.
Unfortunately,
for whatever reason the bloom on this flower of enlightenment began to fade as
time marched toward the early 1970’s.
Was it Nixon taking us off the gold standard? Was it imports from Hong
Kong and China ?
Maybe it was the Vietnam War or the breakup of the Beatles! None the less, the heartbeat of the movement
flat lined for the next 30 years. The art and architecture of the period lay
dormant. Some of it became invisible and
quite a bit of it was turn down and or thrown out. So as the movement lay idle for the next 30
years we suffered Watergate, Disco, Abscam, gas lines, high interest rates, recessions
and the early days of terrorism.
Ironically
the dread and bad habits of the past 30 years were instrumental in the
resurrection of some of the elements, some of the dynamics of the beautiful movement. Unfortunately the majority of the creators of
this enlightenment have since passed away and as a result we only have a
limited live inventory from that moment in time. I want to believe, I do believe that the success of the resurgence
is due to the honesty and purity of the designs and the high prices these
treasures fetch today back up my belief.
The
heart of it all still beats.
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