Covers from 1970-2000
This cover was created in 1971 and depicts a monk casually strolling through a monastery listening to a portable radio. This shows me the relationship that religion has with modern technology; traditional religious orders are happy when technology works with them, but when it threatens their power over the people their attitude shifts to a more conservative view.
This cover was created in 1988 and shows a group of massive electric cooling fans blowing in a desert as a pair of tribal horsemen look up with a sense of maybe confusion or amazement. I'm positive that this is a refernce to the problems faced in Africa at the time of advanced technological development happening without addiquate resources to have them be any use to the local populations. A side effect of technological imperalism if you will.
This cover is from 1990 and shows Atlas holding the world atop his shoulders, yet it is so dirty and poluted that he must wear a gas mask to avoid the smell. A consequence we don't always see is how the technological/industrial progression of man can have a negative impact on the enviroment. I mean, if the guardian of the Earth can't stand the smell of our world, it doesn't look like a good sign for the rest of us.
Interesting, but you only needed 2 from this period:
ReplyDeleteNot sure I totally follow the monk reading---monks take vows of solitude...is that the joke here?
And Africa, maybe, but that is certainly Don Quixote, who you can google for images....
Why the image of the air condition
The polluted earth is also interesting but perhaps too oblique a reference...however, this could work if you're interested in showing negative/technology during this period.