The golden age of American animation was a period in the history of U.S. animation that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and continued until the late 1960s when theatrical animated shorts began losing to the new medium of television animation.
Shortly after returning to Kansas City, Missouri from World War I, Walt Disney decided to become a newspaper cartoonist drawing political caricatures and comic strips. However nobody would hire Disney, so his older brother Roy, who was working as a banker at the time, got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio where he created advertisements for newspapers, magazines, and movie theaters. Here he met fellow cartoonist Ub Iwerks, the two quickly became friends and in January 1920, when their time at the studio expired they decided to open up their own advertising agency together called Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists. The business however got off to a rough start and Walt temporarily left for the Kansas City Film and Ad Co. to raise money for the fleeting company and Iwerks soon followed as he was unable to run the business alone.
The term Golden Age (Greek:χρύσεον γένοςchryseon genos) comes from Greek mythology and legend and refers to the first in a sequence of four or five (or more) Ages of Man, in which the Golden Age is first, followed in sequence, by the Silver, Bronze, Heroic, and then the present (Iron), which is a period of decline, sometimes followed by the Leaden Age. By definition, one is never in the Golden Age.
By extension "Golden Age" denotes a period of primordial peace, harmony, stability, and prosperity. During this age peace and harmony prevailed, people did not have to work to feed themselves, for the earth provided food in abundance. They lived to a very old age with a youthful appearance, eventually dying peacefully, with spirits living on as "guardians". Plato in Cratylus (397 e) recounts the golden race of humans who came first. He clarifies that Hesiod did not mean literally made of gold, but good and noble.
There are analogous concepts in the religious and philosophical traditions of the South Asian subcontinent. For example, the Vedic or ancient Hindu culture saw history as cyclical, composed of yugas with alternating Dark and Golden Ages. The Kali yuga (Iron Age), Dwapara yuga (Bronze Age), Treta yuga (Silver Age) and Satya yuga (Golden Age) correspond to the four Greek ages. Similar beliefs occur in the ancient Middle East and throughout the ancient world, as well.
A golden age is a period in a field of endeavor when great tasks were accomplished. The term originated from early Greek and Roman poets, who used to refer to a time when mankind lived in a better time and was pure (see Golden Age).
The origin of the term is with the ancient Greek philosopher Hesiod, who introduced it in his Works and Days as the period where the "Golden Race" of man lived. This was part of fivefold division of Ages of Man, starting with the Golden age, then the Silver Age, the Bronze Age, the Age of Heroes (including the Trojan War) and finally the current Iron Age. The concept was further refined by Ovid in his Metamorphoses into the four "metal ages" (golden, silver, bronze, iron).
The Golden age in Classic literature
The Golden age as described by Hesiod was an age where all humans were created directly by the Olympian gods. They did not have women in their ranks, and could not reproduce. They lived long lives in peace and harmony, and were oblivious of death. The "Golden race" were however mortals, but would die peacefully and in their sleep unmarked by sickness and age. Ovid emphasizes the justice and peace that defined the Golden Age. He described it as a time before man learned the art of navigation, and as a pre-agricultural society. The idea of a Golden age lingered in literature and historical understanding throughout the Greek and Roman periods. It was partly replaced by the Christian of the Six Ages of the World based on the biblical chronology in the early Middle Ages.
Golden Age refers to a mythological period of primeval human existence perceived as an ideal state when human beings were pure and free from suffering.
Golden Age may also refer to:
Golden age (metaphor), the classical term used as a metaphor for any period of peace, prosperity or abundance; includes a list of various golden ages
Modern animation of the United States from the late 1980s onward is sometimes referred to as the "American animation renaissance". During this period, many large American entertainment companies reformed and reinvigorated their animation departments following a general decline during the 1970s and 1980s. The United States has had a profound effect on animation worldwide.
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At the start of the 1980s, Walt Disney Productions had been struggling since Walt Disney's death in 1966, and the 1979 departure of Don Bluth and eleven other associates from the animation department dealt Disney a major blow. Bluth formed a new studio, in direct competition with Disney.
Disney's "Nine Old Men", the animators responsible for Disney's most famous earlier works, and their associates began to hand their traditions down to a new generation of Disney animators. New faces such as Glen Keane, Ron Clements, John Musker, Andreas Deja, and others came to the studio in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a period that produced such features as The Rescuers, Pete's Dragon (a live-action/animation hybrid), and The Fox and the Hound, as well as the featurettes The Small One (Bluth's only Disney-directed credit) and Mickey's Christmas Carol (the first screen appearance of Mickey Mouse since 1953).
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The best animated short films of each year (1928-1960)
I made this video as a tribute for The Golden Age of American Animation, an era of great achievements and innovations, great humor, characters and evergreen classics. I picked one cartoon per year between 1928 and 1960. which I personally consider the best, sometimes putting honorable mentions. Remember this is for cartoon shorts only, so don't expect Snow White or Fantasia to be part of this video.
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The Golden Age of Illustration
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Superman - The Golden Age of Animation
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tribute to the beauty of western animation
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FULL CREDIT TO MGMT FOR THE MUSIC
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tribute to the beauty of western animation
video this was inspired by: https://youtu.be/fXKijsWEGnM
FULL CREDIT TO MGMT FOR THE MUSIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
I made this video as a tribute for The Golden Age of American Animation, an era of great achievements and innovations, great humor, characters and evergreen cla...
I made this video as a tribute for The Golden Age of American Animation, an era of great achievements and innovations, great humor, characters and evergreen classics. I picked one cartoon per year between 1928 and 1960. which I personally consider the best, sometimes putting honorable mentions. Remember this is for cartoon shorts only, so don't expect Snow White or Fantasia to be part of this video.
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The following content is made for educational, informative and entertainment purpose only. I don't gain any money from this video.
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED. All rights go to Warner Bros., Disney and Universal.
I made this video as a tribute for The Golden Age of American Animation, an era of great achievements and innovations, great humor, characters and evergreen classics. I picked one cartoon per year between 1928 and 1960. which I personally consider the best, sometimes putting honorable mentions. Remember this is for cartoon shorts only, so don't expect Snow White or Fantasia to be part of this video.
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"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976: allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."
The following content is made for educational, informative and entertainment purpose only. I don't gain any money from this video.
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED. All rights go to Warner Bros., Disney and Universal.
Today, American artists are known for breaking the mould, but around the turn of the 20th century, artistic flair collided with new technology - to give birth t...
Today, American artists are known for breaking the mould, but around the turn of the 20th century, artistic flair collided with new technology - to give birth to what is known as the Golden Age of Illustration.
Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audiences in a new conversation and shine a light on the stories that don’t always make it into the classroom and question what we think we know about those that do. Untold is here to fill in the gaps and bring new stories to life. Check out untoldhistory.org
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Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audiences in a new conversation and shine a light on the stories that don’t always make it into the classroom and question what we think we know about those that do. Untold is here to fill in the gaps and bring new stories to life. Check out untoldhistory.org
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A look at how the Fleischer brothers pushed the limits of animation to create the definitive Superman.
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A look at how the Fleischer brothers pushed the limits of animation to create the definitive Superman.
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All of these shorts can be found in the public domain archive at
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A look at how the Fleischer brothers pushed the limits of animation to create the definitive Superman.
Support this channel at https://www.patreon.com/kaptainkristian
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All of these shorts can be found in the public domain archive at
https://archive.org/details/superman_1941
Music licensed under creative commons by
LASERS
Learn about the Gilded Age, a period of immense social and industrial change in US history.
Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos an...
Learn about the Gilded Age, a period of immense social and industrial change in US history.
Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audiences in a new conversation and shine a light on the stories that don’t always make it into the classroom and question what we think we know about those that do. Untold is here to fill in the gaps and bring new stories to life. Check out untoldhistory.org
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Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audiences in a new conversation and shine a light on the stories that don’t always make it into the classroom and question what we think we know about those that do. Untold is here to fill in the gaps and bring new stories to life. Check out untoldhistory.org
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tribute to the beauty of western animation
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I made this video as a tribute for The Golden Age of American Animation, an era of great achievements and innovations, great humor, characters and evergreen classics. I picked one cartoon per year between 1928 and 1960. which I personally consider the best, sometimes putting honorable mentions. Remember this is for cartoon shorts only, so don't expect Snow White or Fantasia to be part of this video.
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The following content is made for educational, informative and entertainment purpose only. I don't gain any money from this video.
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED. All rights go to Warner Bros., Disney and Universal.
Today, American artists are known for breaking the mould, but around the turn of the 20th century, artistic flair collided with new technology - to give birth to what is known as the Golden Age of Illustration.
Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audiences in a new conversation and shine a light on the stories that don’t always make it into the classroom and question what we think we know about those that do. Untold is here to fill in the gaps and bring new stories to life. Check out untoldhistory.org
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Follow me at https://twitter.com/kaptainkristian
All of these shorts can be found in the public domain archive at
https://archive.org/details/superman_1941
Music licensed under creative commons by
LASERS
Learn about the Gilded Age, a period of immense social and industrial change in US history.
Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audiences in a new conversation and shine a light on the stories that don’t always make it into the classroom and question what we think we know about those that do. Untold is here to fill in the gaps and bring new stories to life. Check out untoldhistory.org
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The golden age of American animation was a period in the history of U.S. animation that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and continued until the late 1960s when theatrical animated shorts began losing to the new medium of television animation.
Shortly after returning to Kansas City, Missouri from World War I, Walt Disney decided to become a newspaper cartoonist drawing political caricatures and comic strips. However nobody would hire Disney, so his older brother Roy, who was working as a banker at the time, got him a job at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio where he created advertisements for newspapers, magazines, and movie theaters. Here he met fellow cartoonist Ub Iwerks, the two quickly became friends and in January 1920, when their time at the studio expired they decided to open up their own advertising agency together called Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists. The business however got off to a rough start and Walt temporarily left for the Kansas City Film and Ad Co. to raise money for the fleeting company and Iwerks soon followed as he was unable to run the business alone.
A thousand years or so is said Gentle breeze of a flowering bed Children and fairies chattering secrets in pretty ears Gone are the years Gone are the years of sorrow and pain Gone are those years Barefoot in clean white sand A kiss on the lips, a kiss on the hand