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Dazzle camouflage. Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a family of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a rejected prior claim by the zoologist John ...
1958 – Rockin' Around the World (Decca 8692) 1959 – Bill Haley's Chicks (Decca 8821) 1959 – Strictly Instrumental (Decca 8964) 1960 – Bill Haley and His Comets (Warner Bros. 1378) 1960 – Haley's Juke Box (Warner Bros. 1391) 1961 – Twist (Dimsa 8255); Latin America release only. 1961 – Bikini Twist (Dimsa 8259); Latin America ...
Dazzle Ships (album) Dazzle Ships is the fourth studio album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 4 March 1983 by Virgin Records (under the guise of the fictitious Telegraph label). Its title and cover art allude to a painting by Vorticist artist Edward Wadsworth based on dazzle camouflage, titled ...
World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33: cruisers. Dazzle camouflage of warships was adopted by the U.S. Navy during World War II, following research at the Naval Research Laboratory. Dazzle consists in painting obtrusive patterns on vertical surfaces. Unlike some other forms of camouflage, dazzle works not by offering ...
Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 304.8 cm × 243.8 cm (120.0 in × 96.0 in) Location. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool is a 1919 oil painting by the English artist Edward Wadsworth. It is one of Wadsworth's most famous paintings [ 1 ] and depicts a freshly painted vessel with dazzle camouflage in dry dock.
The Dazzle ships of the 14–18 NOW project are artworks created to commemorate the work of the artists and artisans who developed and designed the dazzle camouflage used in the First World War by ships as a defence against U-boat attack. Dazzle camouflage involved covering a ship's hull with bespoke geometric patterns in contrasting colours ...
Camouflage is a German synth-pop [1] trio consisting of lead singer Marcus Meyn (b. May 2, 1966), Heiko Maile and Oliver Kreyssig. They achieved a Billboard Hot 100 with "The Great Commandment", which reached number 59 in early 1989, [2] and spent three weeks at number 1 on the Dance Club Songs chart. They also had two minor dance hits in 1989.
29. Box sets. 4. Culture Club 's discography consists of 6 studio albums, 9 compilation albums, 3 box sets, 3 extended plays, 24 regular commercial singles, and 5 promotional singles, largely released during the 1980s and 1990s. Culture Club has sold more than 50 million records worldwide, [ 1 ][ 2 ] including 7 million records in the United ...