Which artists predicted the future. The artist predicted a tragedy in Japan

Any work of art is directed towards the future. In the history of art one can find many examples of artists warning their fellow citizens about impending social danger: wars, splits, revolutions, etc. The ability to create a product is inherent in great artists, and perhaps this is what main strength art. Any work of art is directed towards the future. In the history of art one can find many examples of artists warning their fellow citizens about impending social danger: wars, splits, revolutions, etc. The ability to create a work is inherent in great artists, and perhaps this is where the main strength of art lies.

Albrecht Durer German painter and the Renaissance graphic artist Albrecht Durer () created a series of engravings "Apocalypse" (Greek apokalypsis - revelation - this word is the name of one of the ancient books that contains prophecies about the end of the world). The artist expressed an anxious expectation of world-historical changes, which indeed shook Germany after some time.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The most significant of this series is the engraving "The Four Horsemen". Horsemen - Death, Judgment, War, Pestilence - fiercely sweep across the earth, sparing neither kings nor commoners. The swirling clouds and horizontal streaks of the background increase the speed of this frantic gallop. But the archer's arrow rests on the right edge of the engraving, as if stopping this movement.

Examples of predictions by the art of social change and upheaval can be considered in the etchings of F. Goya, the paintings “Guernica” by P. Picasso, “Bolshevik” by B. Kustodiev, “New Planet” by K. Yuon and many others. Examples of predictions by the art of social change and upheaval can be considered in the etchings of F. Goya, the paintings “Guernica” by P. Picasso, “Bolshevik” by B. Kustodiev, “New Planet” by K. Yuon and many others.

"Guernica" by Pablo Picasso The reason for the creation of "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso was the bombing of the city of the country of bucks - Guernica. During the Spanish Civil War, on April 26, 1937, the Condor Legion, a volunteer unit of the Luftwaffe, carried out a night raid on Guernica. Painting "Guernica" by P. Picasso Several aerial bombs were dropped on the city, which caused a permit fire, as a result of which a significant part of the city was destroyed and, according to various estimates, about people were injured. The artist showed the brutal face of war, a reflection of that terrible reality in abstract forms, and it is still in our anti-war arsenal. In general, this picture perfectly conveys the tragedy of people’s heartlessness.

Bolshevik. B. Kustodiev In the film "Bolshevik" Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev () used a metaphor ( hidden meaning), which has not been solved for many decades. For many years this picture was interpreted as a solemn hymn to the persistent, strong-willed, unbending revolutionary who towered above ordinary world, which he overshadows with a red flag soaring into the sky. Many Events of the last decade of the 20th century. made it possible to understand what the artist consciously or, most likely, unconsciously felt at the beginning of the century. Today this picture is filled with new content. But how artists at that time managed to sense the impending social changes so accurately remains a mystery.

New planet. K. Yuon The new planet is Soviet Russia, the appearance of which shook the universe and moved the stars from their paths. Tiny figures of people, thrown to the ground in horror or stretching out their hands to the sky filled with mystical light, are intended to remind us that the fate of one person is insignificant against the backdrop of world cataclysms, one of which Yuon sees as the “October Revolution”.

Unanswered question B musical art An example of foresight is the piece for orchestra "The Unanswered Question" (" Space landscape") American composer C. Ives (). It was created at the beginning of the 20th century. - at a time when scientific discoveries were made in the field of space exploration and the creation of aircraft (K. Tsiolkovsky). This piece, built on a dialogue between strings and woodwind instruments, has become philosophical reflection about the place and role of man in the Universe.

Aristarkh Vasilievich Lentulov () Bell tower of Ivan the Great

In the paintings “Moscow” and “St. Basil’s”, unprecedented, fantastic forces shift established forms and concepts, the chaotic shift of colors is conveyed by kaleidoscopic, fragile images of the city and individual buildings, disintegrating into countless elements. All this appears before the audience as a moving, flickering, sounding, emotionally rich world. The widespread use of metaphor helps the artist transform ordinary things into bright, generalized images.

Predictions in art

Art. 9th grade

Subject: Art anticipates the future.

Prediction - this is a message about some event that will certainly happen in the future.

Artistic thinking, better than other people, is developed among artists, composers, writers, whose profession is the creative completion of reality. They are the ones who most often make amazing predictions, which often come true after a while.

Works of art have more than once anticipated historical events, scientific discoveries, development of technical progress.

Minkowski, he declared that our reality is four-dimensional space-time ("Time Machine").

"Time Machine"- the first science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, which describes a journey into a future world inhabited by two types of creatures that man has become: the Morlocks, who live in underground world and those servicing the machines, and fragile Eloi completely unsuited for work. Over the millennia, both of them practically lost their minds, turning into half-animals.

In 1898, he predicted wars involving poison gas, aircraft, and laser-like devices.

"War worlds"

"War in the Air"

« When sleeping will wake up"

In 1905 he described a civilization of intelligent ants "Kingdom of Ants"

In the novel "World Liberated"(1914) mentioned Second World War, unleashed in the 1940s. There is also an “atomic bomb” dropped from an airplane and based on the splitting of an atom

In 1923, Wells was the first to introduce science fiction Parallel Worlds "People are like gods"

"The first people on Moon"

Wells also discovered such ideas as antigravity, pace of life accelerator and much more .

Alexander Romanovich Belyaev

Soviet writer science fiction writer, one of the founders of Soviet science fiction literature.

"KEC Star" (KETS are the initials of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky) Sometimes he is called the Russian "Jules Verne"

Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Russian Soviet writer and public figure, Count.

Earthlings end up on Mars and discover a humanoid civilization there and become catalysts for a social explosion. Chapter's daughter Supreme Council Aelita falls in love with an Earth engineer. However, the revolution provoked by earthlings is defeated, and they return to Earth.

Fine art

Leonardo da Vinci was truly a genius. A bright representative of the “universal man” type, who contained all the key moments of the era and expressed them in his activities, he made a truly enormous contribution to the development of science.

Having constructed the “machine” of Leonardo da Vinci according to the drawings, the researchers proved that exactly he owns the “copyright” for a parachute, helicopter, scuba gear, machine gun, car and a host of other mechanisms, without which it is impossible to imagine modern civilization. So, prototype of the modern tank became a heavy van developed by the genius of the 15th century, encased in armor and armed with cannons on all sides.

Leonardo da Vinci known as a designer of weaving looms, printing machines, woodworking and earth-moving machines, glass grinding devices, and metallurgical furnaces. After observing scenes of military battles, Leonardo created a portable ladder ideal for storming palaces and fortresses. Nowadays, this device is used to rescue people in fires.

Inventions

Parachute
Wheel lock
Bike
Tank
Lightweight portable bridges for the army.
Spotlight
Catapult
Robot
Two-lens telescope.

Inventions

Mirror letter Was this a ploy to keep his notes confidential, or simply to avoid smearing ink, since Leonardo wrote with his left hand?

Whatever the reasons, most of Leonardo da Vinci's recordings were made in mirror images.

Scuba Da Vinci's fascination with the sea resulted in many sketches of devices for studying underwater life. His diving suit was made of leather and attached to a reed tube leading to a bell on the surface.

The artist’s practicality is proven by the elaboration of even such details as a container for collecting a diver’s urine.

Rotating bridge This type of bridge, designed by Leonardo da Vinci, would have been useful to the armies of the time. Consisting of one span, the bridge was attached to the bank with a vertical hinge, which allowed it to rotate. Such bridges could be installed quite quickly. winged glider The conquest of the air element interested the genius no less than the conquest of the sea element. Here is one of the gliders designed by Da Vinci. The open-cockpit glider was equipped with a control system for the pilot, but was propelled by moving wings.

Three-barreled gun Despite his generally peaceful disposition, Leonardo also developed military vehicles. For example, more effective guns. This lightweight concept could easily become a fearsome weapon on the battlefield.

"Apocalypse"

On the eve of the 16th century artist returned to Nuremberg after his first trip to Italy.

At this time, Germany was experiencing great turmoil: crop failure, famine, cruel exactions. A wave of popular riots arose throughout the country, brutally suppressed by the princes and the Inquisition.

These days Dürer creates a series of woodcuts "Apocalypse" . The series includes 15 engravings illustrating Revelation of John the Theologian. The characters in the engravings are dressed in the costumes of his time, the canonical images are devoid of holiness..

Although the popularity of the series' engravings was linked to the widespread expectation of the end of the world in 1500, Apocalypse has powerful political overtones. The artist clearly hints that the princes and clergy are to blame for the events that took place in Germany - it is these people who will face terrible punishment. "The Four Horsemen" The Apocalypse symbolizes war, pestilence, judgment and death.

All four horsemen are the personification of famous biblical images. The first - the archer - is the Winner.

Study of the mathematical model of the paintings of the great Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh showed that some of his paintings depict real turbulent (vortex) flows invisible to the eye that arise when fast current liquid or gas, for example, when gas flows from a jet engine nozzle.

K. F. Yuon before the revolution he had already developed as an artist.

Moscow and Moscow suburbs, the Russian province and ancient Russian cities with their unique architecture and colorful crowds of people.

The artist translated revolutionary events into a cosmic, fantastic plane.

In the picture there are no real signs of life. This depicts the approach of some unknown planet to the Earth. In its rays, small figures of people rush about in fear. This is how the artist conveyed the events and upheavals of the revolutionary time.

Example such a phenomenon as prediction in art the painting “Bolshevik” can be considered B. M. Kustodieva.

B.M. KUSTODIEV

"BOLSHEVIK"

The main character of the picture, a Bolshevik, is depicted against the backdrop of the city. The Bolshevik is taller than all the houses and even the church, and his red banner obscures the blue sky. Compared to the Bolshevik, the people look insignificant. In his painting, B. M. Kustodiev used a metaphor that for many years they could not unravel.

During the initial period of creativity K.S.Petrov-Vodkin experienced strong influence foreign masters. Since the 1910s, he moved from allegorical to holistic monumental and decorative works.

"Bathing the Red Horse"

This painting was perceived by contemporaries as a kind of sign, a metaphorical expression of the post-revolutionary (1905) and pre-revolutionary (1917) era, as a kind of foresight and premonition of future events. But if contemporaries only felt the prophetic character of “The Bathing of the Red Horse,” then descendants already confidently and convincingly declared the meaning of the painting, declaring it “ petrel of revolution in painting ".

In the art of music, an example of this kind of foresight is a piece for orchestra "The Unanswered Question" ("Spacescape") by American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954)

It was created at the beginning of the 20th century. - at a time when scientific discoveries were made in the field of space exploration and the creation of aircraft (K. Tsiolkovsky).

This play became a philosophical reflection on the place and role of man in the Universe.

Homemade exercise

Listen to the music of Charles Ives. What impression did she make on you? (written)

TEST

1.Jules Verne his works

The Invisible Man
Amphibian Man
Time Machine
Aelita
20,000 leagues under the sea

test

In the painting “Bathing the Red Horse” by Petrov-Vodkin, the horse is a symbol

courage
youth
fate of Russia
sun
revolution

Yuon “New Planet” the artist wanted to depict

new discoveries in science
events and upheavals of revolutionary times
fantastic landscape

A. Tolstoy his works

A-War of the Worlds

B- Hyperboloid of engineer Garin

IN- Journey to the center of the Earth

G- Head of Professor Dowell

What inventions did Leonardo Da Vinci make?

scuba
telephone
laser
robot

Argentine artist and sculptor Benjamin Solari Parravicini predicted the disaster in Japan, the atomic bomb, the September 11 terrorist attack in New York and space flight back in the 1930s.

At all times, not only pious priests became prophets, but also people of art, to whom the unknown high power whispered the plots of novels and paintings. For the Argentine artist and sculptor Benjamin Solari Parravicini, this was not just inspiration, but a prophetic gift.
- Sometimes something came over him, he feverishly grabbed a pencil, which seemed to be moving his hand along the paper, as if someone was dictating something to him,- Benjamin's father Florenzio said during his lifetime.

In one of these attacks of inspiration, he drew angels crying over a huge whirlpool and signed it - Japan.
In notes in the margins, he said that the big "F" would explode and make a lot of noise throughout the earth. It is possible that by “F” he meant the Japanese nuclear power plant Fukushima-1. After the devastating tsunami hit, four explosions occurred in power units.

Back in 1936, the master’s sketches and signatures to them became much more strange and unusual, but this was not immediately noticed. At the beginning of the century, this was considered a bizarre manner of the artist. Only many years after mysterious stories The dreams depicted in the drawings began to come true with amazing accuracy, and people started talking about Parravicini in Argentina as a prophet.

- “Home TV! On a small screen, you can watch external events happening right from your home.”(1938).

The first black and white television receivers came into use only in the 50s. Parravicini even managed to make a sketch of the future TV.

Also in 1938, he made the following entry:
“The world will become impersonal under the rule of the home screen. Will apply to every family Negative influence a new device, which will be heavily commercialized in the future in pursuit of the masses. Hypnotized beautiful pictures beautiful paradise, humanity will simply become dull. The day will come when, like sheep in a sheepfold, they will be easily manipulated.".

- “The struggle for power between the Yankees and the Russians. The struggle for territory and the conquest of outer space. Oddly enough, the power cup will still go to America(1941).

The phrase “conquest of outer space” appeared on everyone’s lips only 16 years after the prediction of Benjamin, who was able to foresee the American triumph in creating a series of 3-seater spaceships Apollo, which made it possible to make the first successful landing of astronauts on the Moon.

“Man will fly to the stars, overcome sound, know the luminaries and understand that the Earth is only the lowest and most undeveloped of all existing planets.” (1937).

The first person to break the sound barrier will be Charles Elwood, 10 years after Benjamin's prophecy.

-“In the 60-70s people will be flying with all their might!”(1938).

Russian pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin will make the first flight in the history of astronautics aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft in 1961.

After that, in the 60-70s. More and more new achievements in astronautics shocked humanity.

Parravicini would later write:
“People will reach the moon. They will be able to reach it, however, they will not be able to inhabit it. They will see it, but will not be able to look into its depths. They will listen, but will not hear. They will return without returning. Carefully!"(1940, 29 years before the first man landed on the Moon).

"A dog will be the first to fly into space" (1938).

Benjamin foresaw for 19 years the flight of the dog Laika, the first living creature, into outer space. The sensational flight of the first animal launched into Earth orbit took place in 1957.

“Flying saucers in the form of bright circular flashes of light will visit the Earth, bringing with them strange creatures from other planets. These will be the ones who will flood the earth. Those who in the Old Testament called themselves angels and everyone will see them again and begin to listen.” (1938).

It is curious that the term “flying saucer” itself first became publicized only in 1947 after pilot Arnold Kennett described a UFO he saw.

“The atom will come and rule the world” (1939)

Taking into account the fact that the first attempts to create atomic bomb fall in 1945, and the first nuclear reactor was launched only in 1951, the prophecy seems impossible.

“In Spain, a dictator will come to power and destroy the country. Following him, Bourbon will ascend to the throne, and then the weakened tyrant will flee to Argentina, if only his health allows him.” (1938).

The prophecy is written in the heat of the moment civil war in Spain, in the year of the birth of the future King Juan Carlos of Bourbon. Parravicina already then foresaw Franco's victory, his rise to power after the civil war in 1939 and the subsequent transfer of the crown to Juan Carlos after the tyrant's death.

Franco died of Parkinson's disease in 1975, before realizing his intention to move to Argentina.

“Russia will subjugate China and spread its dogmas there” (1939).

10 years after the civil war, Mao Zedong came to power in China, proclaiming communism as the national ideology of the state.

“The papacy will take new forms. What yesterday still seemed evil will cease to be so. The Mass will become Protestant without being so. Catholics will become Protestants without being Protestants. The Pope will move away from the Vatican due to his travels and reach America; humanity will fall" (1938).

Benjamin foresaw the revision of the reforms of the Catholic Church at Vatican II in 1962, as well as the appointment of a new Pope, John Paul II, in 1978, known for his constant travels around the world, especially to Latin America.

“Hitler - Mussolini. One end awaits them; one end" (1939).

7 years before the overthrow of the Nazis, Benjamin painted bound and defeated Nazi leaders.

“The heart of the world will fall in the year 40. It will fall and belong to the Germans until 1944.” (1938).

In 1938, even before the outbreak of World War II, Parravicini already knew about the fall of France in the face of Nazi Germany. In the prophet’s drawing, the Eiffel Tower is clearly visible, against which the French flag looms.

“A man with a beard, who will seem like a saint to everyone, will set the Antilles on fire.” (1937)

The revolution in Cuba occurred 22 years after the prophecy. When Benjamin predicted the event, the future revolutionary Fidel Castro was only 11 years old.

“In Cuba, bearded men will win”(1938).

“Absolute darkness. After the “Caribbean Chaos”, a single “eye” will see “light from the South” from a single “palm tree”. The planet is about to undergo dramatic changes, and only the South will forever remain the South.”(1938)

In the drawing, Benjamin clearly depicted lightning, which many experts interpret as the HAARP high-frequency active auroral research program, colliding with the ionospheric layer and provoking powerful tremors.

The palm tree most likely refers to the island of Haiti, where the latest earthquake killed at least 200 thousand people and caused the earth's axis to shift several centimeters.

"Freedom North America will go out, her torch will no longer shine as before, she will be attacked twice.” (1939)

Benjamin even painted the famous Twin Towers that were attacked on September 11, 2001. The most amazing thing is that at the time the drawing was created, the towers had not even been built yet.

“The alien ship will prove to the population on Earth the existence of another form of life. At one point, the South Pole will turn into the North Pole. But only for a while! "(1960)

“The atom will take over the world. The planet will go blind. Man will provoke random storms and natural disasters, new forms of disease, sexual promiscuity, mass clouding of reason, general dullness. The world will plunge into darkness." (1934)

“The beginning of the end will come! A person himself will trample on his essence so that a male individual will no longer be needed to reproduce offspring. Human organisms will be produced without any offspring. And all this in the background atomic explosions that will destroy humanity. Radiation will kill people; From the wombs of mothers, monsters will be born, monsters of animal and plant origin. Because of strontium, people will be born with bones like glass; it will also eat their brains and blood cells; cancer will become completely normal. As a result nuclear war Russians and yellow-skinned people will be in a privileged position.” (1936)

Back in the 30s, the Argentine prophet painted our present and future, following the dictates of a higher mind.

"The greatest noise of all noises will deafen everything around. Bomb F."

At all times, not only devout priests, but also people of art, to whom an unknown higher power whispered the plots of novels and paintings, became prophets. For the Argentine artist and sculptor Benjamin Solari Parravicini, this was not just inspiration, but a prophetic gift.

Without knowing it, back in the 30s he drew many things that he could not even suspect, for example, a television or Belka and Strelka flying into space.

Sometimes something came over him, he feverishly grabbed a pencil, which seemed to move his hand along the paper, as if someone was dictating something to him, Benjamin’s father Florenzio said during his lifetime.

In one of these attacks of inspiration, he drew angels crying over a huge whirlpool and signed it - Japan.

In notes in the margins, he said that the big "F" would explode and make a lot of noise throughout the earth. It is possible that by “F” he meant the Japanese nuclear power plant Fukushima-1.

After the devastating tsunami hit, four explosions occurred in power units. This event created incredible information noise throughout the planet. The predictions of the sculptor inspired by the Universe largely coincide with the prophecies of the blind Vanga. He also says that humanity is facing a nuclear disaster, which will spread deadly diseases and weakness throughout the world.

According to his drawings, after the disaster the world will be ruled by Russians and “yellowfaces”. Back in 1936, the master’s sketches and signatures to them became much more strange and unusual, but this was not immediately noticed.

At the beginning of the century, this was considered a bizarre manner of the artist. Only many years after the mysterious stories depicted in the drawings began to come true with amazing accuracy, they started talking about Parravicini in Argentina as a prophet.

- “Home television! On a small screen, right from home, you can watch ongoing external events” (1938). The first black and white television receivers came into use only in the 50s. Parravicini even managed to make a sketch of the future TV. In the same 1938, he made the following entry: “The world will become impersonal under the power of the home screen. Every family will be affected by the negative influence of the new device, which will later be heavily commercialized in pursuit of the masses. Hypnotized by beautiful pictures of a beautiful paradise, humanity will simply become dull. The day will come when, like sheep in a sheepfold, they will be easily manipulated."

- “The struggle for power between the Yankees and the Russians. The struggle for territory and the conquest of outer space. Oddly enough, the power cup will still go to America (1941).

The phrase “conquest of outer space” appeared on everyone’s lips only 16 years after the prediction of Benjamin, who was able to foresee the American triumph in the creation of a series of 3-seater Apollo spacecraft, which made it possible to make the first successful landing of astronauts on the Moon.

“Man will fly to the stars, overcome sound, know the luminaries and understand that the Earth is only the lowest and most undeveloped of all existing planets” (1937).

The first person to break the sound barrier will be Charles Elwood, 10 years after Benjamin's prophecy.

- “In the 60-70s people will be flying with all their might!” (1938).

Russian pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin will make the first flight in the history of astronautics aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft in 1961.

After that, in the 60-70s. More and more new achievements in astronautics shocked humanity.

Parravicini would later write:

"People will get to the Moon. They will be able to reach it, however, they will not be able to inhabit it. They will see it, but will not be able to look into its depths. They will listen, but will not hear. They will return without returning. Be careful!" (1940, 29 years before the first man landed on the Moon).

"A dog will be the first to fly into space" (1938).

Benjamin foresaw for 19 years the flight of the dog Laika, the first living creature, into outer space. The sensational flight of the first animal launched into Earth orbit took place in 1957.

It is curious that the term “flying saucer” itself first became publicized only in 1947 after pilot Arnold Kennett described a UFO he saw.

“The atom will come and rule the world” (1939)

Considering the fact that the first attempts to create an atomic bomb occurred in 1945, and the first atomic reactor was launched only in 1951, the prophecy seems impossible.

“In Spain, a dictator will come to power who will destroy the country. After him, Bourbon will ascend to the throne, and then the weakened tyrant will flee to Argentina, if only his health allows him” (1938).

The prophecy was written in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, in the year of the birth of the future King Juan Carlos of Bourbon. Parravicina already then foresaw Franco's victory, his rise to power after the civil war in 1939 and the subsequent transfer of the crown to Juan Carlos after the tyrant's death.

Franco died of Parkinson's disease in 1975, before realizing his intention to move to Argentina.

“Russia will subjugate China and spread its dogmas there” (1939).

10 years after the civil war, Mao Zedong came to power in China, proclaiming communism as the national ideology of the state.

"The papacy will take new forms. What yesterday still seemed evil will cease to be so. The Mass will become Protestant without being so. Catholics will turn into Protestants without being them. The Pope will move away from the Vatican because of his travels and will reach America; humanity will fall" (1938).

Benjamin foresaw the revision of the reforms of the Catholic Church at the Second Vatican Council in 1962, as well as the appointment of a new Pope, John Paul II, in 1978, known for his constant travels around the world, especially to Latin America.

“Hitler - Mussolini. One end awaits them; one end" (1939).

7 years before the overthrow of the Nazis, Benjamin painted bound and defeated Nazi leaders.

“The heart of the world will fall in the year 40. It will fall and will belong to the Germans until 1944” (1938).

“A man with a beard, who will seem like a saint to everyone, will set the Antilles on fire” (1937)

The revolution in Cuba occurred 22 years after the prophecy. When Benjamin predicted the event, the future revolutionary Fidel Castro was only 11 years old.

“The bearded men will win in Cuba” (1938).

“Absolute darkness. After the “Caribbean Chaos”, a single “eye” will see “light from the South” from a single “palm tree”. The planet will undergo dramatic changes, and only the South will forever remain the South.” (1938)

The palm tree most likely refers to the island of Haiti, where the latest earthquake killed at least 200 thousand people and caused the earth's axis to shift several centimeters.

"The freedom of North America will be extinguished, its torch will no longer shine as before, it will be attacked twice." (1939)

Benjamin even painted the famous Twin Towers that were attacked on September 11, 2001. The most amazing thing is that at the time the drawing was created, the towers had not even been built yet.

“The alien ship will prove to the population on Earth the existence of another form of life. At one point, the South Pole will turn into the North Pole. But only for a while! "(1960)

"The atom will take over the world. The planet will go blind. Man will provoke random storms and natural disasters, new forms of disease, sexual promiscuity, mass clouding of reason, general dullness. The world will plunge into darkness." (1934)

"The beginning of the end will come! Man himself will trample on his essence in order to reproduce offspring; a male individual will no longer be needed. Human organisms will be born without any offspring. And all this against the backdrop of atomic explosions that will destroy humanity. People will be killed by radiation; from the womb of their mothers monsters will be born, monsters of animal and plant origin. Because of strontium, people will be born with bones like glass; it will also eat their brains and blood cells; cancer will become a completely normal phenomenon. As a result of a nuclear war, Russians and yellow-skins will be in a privileged position ". (1936)

The work of the project, within which French artists late XIX centuries have suggested what the world will be like in the year 2000. TJ decided to find out where their predictions came true and where the dreamers were wrong.

A series of futuristic illustrations was called En L’An 2000 (“Year 2000”) and was prepared for the Paris international exhibition 1900 Over the next 10 years, it found many uses, even as a decoration for cigar boxes, but was then forgotten.

They remembered about En L’An 2000 only in 1986, when the writer Isaac Asimov came across these drawings, who wrote the book “Days of the Future: Vision of the Year 2000” people XIX century" (Futuredays: A Nineteenth Century Vision of the Year 2000). Now full selection The drawings can be found on the Wikimedia Commons website.

All works of artists in our time can be attributed to the genre of retro-futurism (an archaic idea of the future). Some of their fantasies now seem stupid, but some, on the contrary, turned out to be surprisingly accurate.

Flying firefighters

In mid-November, news spread around the world that Dubai firefighters had adopted jetpacks. These are, of course, not wings, but the forecast turned out to be very accurate.

Video calls and sending photos

The artists failed to predict the advent of the smartphone, but they conveyed the essence of what we today call video calls surprisingly accurately.

Cleaning robots

For most of us, they have not yet become an everyday occurrence, but if desired, such a device can be ordered in an online store within a few minutes.

Delivery by air

The artists predicted delivery by air, but did not realize that people would not be needed for it. However, even today such an opportunity remains for the most part a fantasy of companies like Amazon, which is still very far from mass implementation.

Podcasts

This work is called “Listening to the Newspaper.” Her idea now exists in the form of radio, podcasts and audiobooks.

Sky Police

In this picture, the police catch a smuggler in the sky. Nowadays, news that drones are used for illegal drug delivery is not uncommon, and “police” drones have also been invented to catch them.

Projectors

In this picture, an astronomer is studying the projection celestial body on your desktop. Modern analogues - projectors, touch screens, computers - no longer surprise anyone.

Electric rollers

Residents of the early 20th century could not even imagine the variety of solutions this idea would result in. We have scooters, Segways and mini-Segways - whatever your heart desires.

Robot hairdresser

We still trust people with our hair, but we have a robot hairdresser has already, and it looks almost the same.

Chemical food

We don't enjoy artificial food like these ladies and gentlemen, it entered our lives unnoticed and now evokes strictly negative emotions in many people.

High-speed electric trains, air bombers and mobile homes

Devilishly accurate.

Horse-curiosity

Today, people don't usually pay money to see a horse (rather, to ride one), but still, their appearance somewhere in the city center can really cause surprise in children.

Total automation

Artists undoubtedly guessed the trend towards automation of various work processes. So many of the works depict people building houses, doing housework, or sewing clothes using machines.