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BIOSHOCK: ART DECO DESIGNED LEVELS

Rapture City is a very rich art déco urban organism built by idealists and tied by a huge system of structures. Atlantic Express Company is the city metro which connect all the levels. Every station is an important place of the city which is called a ”level”. I want to show you the most important levels from the art déco perspective. Ryan Amusements “…Ryan thought my vision was immature… "antiquated," he said. This place could have been something magical, but instead he turned it into a school… no, a cathedral. Dedicated to himself.”                                 ― Carlson Fiddle Ryan Amusements was a theme park built by Carlson Fiddle, intended to teach Andrew Ryan's philosophy to the youth of Rapture. Ryan realized after completion of the city that children, whether they immigrated to or were born in the city, might someday wish to leave Rapture seeking the surface world. Seeing t...

MAYAN REVIVAL ART DECO OF DETROIT

The Guardian Building is a landmark skyscraper in the United States, located in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Financial District. Built in 1928 and finished in 1929, the building was originally called the Union Trust Building and is a bold example of Art Deco architecture, including art moderne designs with a very strong influence of the Mayan architecture.  It was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989, and the associated Detroit Financial District is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Guardian building includes retail and a tourist gift shop. The exterior of the building has a granite base with carvings by Corrado Parducci, with multistory windows surrounded by tile. Rising beyond the base is the orange brick facade, with portions setback to reveal a north and south tower connected to create an I shape. Elegant detail is seen throughout the facade and large amounts visible on the north tower crown. The interior, however...

1942 WALT DISNEY'S PROPAGANDA ANIMATED MOVIE

Walt Disney was a talented animator and a great businessman. He started his own company based on enthousiasm and created a new life for the art of animation. He was an artist, but also an American, and he did everything he could for his country. Today I would like to show an important thing he actually did for United States and will tell you how did he became an ambassador. Saludos Amigos is a 1942 American animated package film produced by Walt Disney. Set in Latin America, it is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck stars in two of them and Goofy stars in one. It also features the first appearance of José Carioca, the Brazilian cigar-smoking parrot. Saludos Amigos premiered in Rio de Janeiro on August 24, 1942 and was released in the United States on February 6, 1943. It garnered positive reviews and was theatrically reissued in 1949. Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs In early 1941, before U.S. entry into World Wa...