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| − | The art between the two issues of "Blast" helps define the emotions of Lewis from the effects of the war. | + | The art between the two issues of "Blast" helps define the emotions of Lewis from the effects of the war. ''Blast''I has a more flamboyant aesthetic look resembling a vortex, which follows the Vorticism movement. You can see how it reflects the time and care Lewis spent working on it. The standard, two column nightmare of the second issue makes that one a lot easier to follow then the first, keeping the reader focused on the actual content. Even thought the actual art is more abstract, this style is almost depressing to look at, but it makes sense because ''Blast'' II came out about a year into the war. Reading ''BLAST'' I is more pleasing compared to ''BLAST'' II, but the second allows the reader to get a sense of the conflict the war has caused. |
We decided to compare the first full articles of BLAST I and BLAST II in order to assess some of the differences in the magazines. This was decided based on the assumption that the authors, as artists, chose their introductory pieces to set up the tone and themes of the works. The very first full article in BLAST I is the Preliminary Vortex, which will not be considered as the first BLAST article, because it is almost an introduction to the Vorticist movement, rather than the journal and it has a different aesthetic than the majority of the other articles in the work. It is formatted in a rather straightforward manner with minimal use of excessive capitals or rearranging of space - something that is arguably the focus of BLAST I. | We decided to compare the first full articles of BLAST I and BLAST II in order to assess some of the differences in the magazines. This was decided based on the assumption that the authors, as artists, chose their introductory pieces to set up the tone and themes of the works. The very first full article in BLAST I is the Preliminary Vortex, which will not be considered as the first BLAST article, because it is almost an introduction to the Vorticist movement, rather than the journal and it has a different aesthetic than the majority of the other articles in the work. It is formatted in a rather straightforward manner with minimal use of excessive capitals or rearranging of space - something that is arguably the focus of BLAST I. | ||
