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| '''1949''' (MCMXLIX) was the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade. | '''1949''' (MCMXLIX) was the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade. | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
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| *The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by [[RCA Victor]] as a smaller, more durable and higher-[[fidelity]] replacement for the [[78 rpm]] shellac discs. | *The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by [[RCA Victor]] as a smaller, more durable and higher-[[fidelity]] replacement for the [[78 rpm]] shellac discs. | ||
| - | *[[1949 Buick]], see [[Streamline Moderne]] style | ||
| === Art === | === Art === | ||
| *''[[Nude with cat]]'' by Balthus | *''[[Nude with cat]]'' by Balthus | ||
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| + | *"[[La Comma]]", an [[espresso machine]] by Gio Ponti for Pavoni | ||
| + | *[[1949 Buick]], see [[Streamline Moderne]] style | ||
| === Film === | === Film === | ||
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"[Excess energy] must be spent, willingly or not, gloriously or catastrophically. This is the logic of sacrifice." --The Accursed Share, Georges Bataille The Cannibal (1949) – John Hawkes Glass House (1949) - Philip Johnson Gio Ponti Pavoni "La Comma" Gio Ponti's 1949 espresso machine for Pavoni |
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1949 (MCMXLIX) was the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.
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Art and culture
Music
- The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable and higher-fidelity replacement for the 78 rpm shellac discs.
Art
- Nude with cat by Balthus
Design
- "La Comma", an espresso machine by Gio Ponti for Pavoni
- 1949 Buick, see Streamline Moderne style
Film
- Bitter Rice by Giuseppe De Santis
- Blood of the Beasts by Georges Franju
Literature
- Révélation series by André Breton
- The Accursed Share by Georges Bataille
- The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir
- Lautréamont and Sade by Maurice Blanchot
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by Georges Orwell
Births
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Slavoj Žižek
- David Toop
- Martin Amis
- Andy Kaufman
- Ken Wilber
- Linda Lovelace
- Twiggy
- Leroy Sibbles
- Genesis P-Orridge
- Richard Hell
Deaths
- James Ensor (1860 - 1949)
- Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
- E.J. Bellocq (1873-1949)
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