BLAST, World War I, and Tonal Shifts
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Analysis of how the art and writing in ''BLAST'' changed after the outbreak of World War I. | Analysis of how the art and writing in ''BLAST'' changed after the outbreak of World War I. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
| − | ''BLAST'' was a British magazine with two editions, published in 1914 and 1915. The first edition was known for having a bright pink cover and for being very long. A month after the first edition was released, World War I began, and the tone of ''BLAST'' changed drastically. In the second edition, the bright pink cover was changed to a light brown and black photo of soldiers in trenches, and the length was halved. Most of the magazine's creators fought in the war and were either killed or lost their interest in modernism. Despite the primary author, Wyndham Lewis's, attempts to keep publishing ''BLAST'', he eventually gave up, starting a new magazine called ''the Tyro''. | + | ''BLAST'' was a British magazine with two editions, published in 1914 and 1915. The first edition was known for having a bright pink cover and for being very long. A month after the first edition was released, World War I (WW1) began, and the tone of ''BLAST'' changed drastically. In the second edition, the bright pink cover was changed to a light brown and black photo of soldiers in trenches, and the length was halved. Most of the magazine's creators fought in the war and were either killed or lost their interest in modernism. Despite the primary author, Wyndham Lewis's, attempts to keep publishing ''BLAST'', he eventually gave up, starting a new magazine called ''the Tyro''. |
Along with being a normal magazine, ''BLAST'' was also a manifesto declaring the creation of the Vorticist movement, a modernist movement in Britain focused on geometric shapes and abstraction. A large portion of the magazine was devoted to reviewing the state of art in Great Britain. Partly in order to declare Vorticism as separate from other British art, ''BLAST'' was very different from any other magazine of the time. The magazine was huge, with dimensions of 12 by 9.5 inches, and it often used large, block letters without any particular organization on the pages. | Along with being a normal magazine, ''BLAST'' was also a manifesto declaring the creation of the Vorticist movement, a modernist movement in Britain focused on geometric shapes and abstraction. A large portion of the magazine was devoted to reviewing the state of art in Great Britain. Partly in order to declare Vorticism as separate from other British art, ''BLAST'' was very different from any other magazine of the time. The magazine was huge, with dimensions of 12 by 9.5 inches, and it often used large, block letters without any particular organization on the pages. | ||
