BLAST, World War I, and Tonal Shifts
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===Comparison=== | ===Comparison=== | ||
Firstly, the titles of both the magazine and the first article each edition changes drastically after WWI. The first edition is simply called ''BLAST'', but the second edition adds the phrase ''War Number'' to the title. For the first article, the second edition's ''Editorial'' sounds much more serious and straightforward than ''Long Live the Vortex.'' Both articles focus on art and the vorticist movement, but the surrounding tones and issues change. ''Long Live the Vortex'' focuses on the purpose of ''BLAST'' and the ideas of the vorticist movement. ''Editorial'', however, focuses on the war and the threat that official Germany poses to art in Europe. Unlike ''Long Live the Vortex'', ''Editorial'' remains serious and focused on the war rather than ending in a ramble of unrelated topics. | Firstly, the titles of both the magazine and the first article each edition changes drastically after WWI. The first edition is simply called ''BLAST'', but the second edition adds the phrase ''War Number'' to the title. For the first article, the second edition's ''Editorial'' sounds much more serious and straightforward than ''Long Live the Vortex.'' Both articles focus on art and the vorticist movement, but the surrounding tones and issues change. ''Long Live the Vortex'' focuses on the purpose of ''BLAST'' and the ideas of the vorticist movement. ''Editorial'', however, focuses on the war and the threat that official Germany poses to art in Europe. Unlike ''Long Live the Vortex'', ''Editorial'' remains serious and focused on the war rather than ending in a ramble of unrelated topics. | ||
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| + | ===Blast/Bless=== | ||
| + | I'm going to compare the blast and bless sections in the first and second edition. In the first edition, there are many of them covering many different topics, with varying font sizes and strange placement on the page. It looks very unusual and is a large part of what gave the first Blast its identity. In the second edition, the blast and blesses are all the same font size, all centered on the page, and are mostly names of people and companies, with a few unexpected exceptions, such as blast birth-control and bless the war loan. | ||
| + | THIS IS NOT FINISHED. | ||
==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
