The Dot and the Line

Here is a short video directed by Chuck Jones and written by Norton Juster that I recalled when viewing the work of Saul Bass. It is during the same time period and contains much of the same type of art during the decade. Hopefully you can catch many of the references to 60's graphic design and the references to Saul Bass himself.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSbdvzbOzY


The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics is a book written and illustrated by Norton Juster, first published by Random House in 1963.

In 1965, famed animator Chuck Jones and the MGM Animation/Visual Arts studio adapted The Dot and the Line into a 10-minute animated short film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, narrated by Robert Morley. The Dot and the Line won the 1965 Academy Award for Animated Short Film. It was entered into the Short Film Palme d'Or competition at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.

The cartoon was released as a special feature on the The Glass Bottom Boat DVD in 2005. The cartoon is also featured on the 2008 release of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection

"Art History"

The work of Serbian/French artist Vuk Vidor, centers around a doubled-faced fascination of the loss of historical context in the modern world. Vidor’s work puts its finger on many of the tensions in the European civilization - both here and in America.

In his work “Art History” Vidor’s singles out artists' legacies. On each line he links an artist to his/her cultural impact in three words. He is so efficient that he tackles over 30 in his piece such as: Klein owns blue, Ruscha owns words, Fontana owns holes, Sherman owns herself and Picasso owns the century.


“It’s a mash-up of artists and what they have been known for in their respective crafts.” -Cartina Dulay

I find that Vidor’s fascination is it not only a great reflection upon contemporary lessons in art history but also a hilarious critique on the respective crafts of some of the most well known artists in our history.