The Period Eye

Notes on Early Modern Visual Culture

August 4, 2011
by tlarkin
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The Sybaritic Existence of the Executive Salesman: Donald Draper Meets Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette

A torrid drama about New York City’s advertising industry in the early 1960s, Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men (which refers to Madison Avenue and the all-male executive elite) is currently enjoying high ratings on cable television. The series’ popularity is due … Continue reading