Mermaids & Jazz
Mar 18, 2018•35 min
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Episode description
We discuss why we think Edwardian women look like mermaids and the influence of jazz on interwar British art and design.
Lucile gown (1911): https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/81608.html
Camille Clifford: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw178842/Camille-Clifford-Camilla-Antoinette-Clifford
Paule Morly: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paule_Morly#/media/File:MORLY,_Paule_%C3%89toile._764-69._Photo_Stebbing.jpg
Annette Kellerman: https://maas.museum/event/million-dollar-mermaid-annette-kellerman/
Edmond (Edmund)Dulac: http://expositions.bnf.fr/contes/grand/091_2.htm
Rhythm & Reaction at Two Temple Place: https://twotempleplace.org/exhibitions/rhythm-and-reaction/
Autograph ABP: http://autograph-abp.co.uk/
Mark Matera, Black London (2015): https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520284302
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