Description: A richly illustrated catalog exploring the cultural significance and role of automobiles in interwar France.
Heavily illustrated, this catalog explores the role of the automobile as both object and subject in interwar France, a period of exceptional creativity, innovation, and turbulence. It untangles the impact of fashion, interiors, architecture, aviation, and the avant-garde on French automobile design and production. In turn, it highlights the bold, untethered visions of artists like Josephine Baker, Le Corbusier, Sonia and Robert Delaunay, and Jacques-Henri Lartigue who embraced the automobile as a provocative expression of the modern age. Expansive and interdisciplinary, Roaring illuminates the richly creative ecosystems that nourished this golden age of French automotive design.Brief description: Genevieve Cortinovis is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Associate Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Review Quotes: "Absolutely stunning. . . I am glad the St. Louis Art Museum saw fit to publish a hardbound book on the show because more of the public will realize car design did not evolve in isolation, that sometimes cars can reflect the art taste of their environment."-- "Coachbuild"