Author : Pierre Francastel
Release : 2000
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Art & Technology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by : Pierre Francastel
Download or read book Art & Technology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries written by Pierre Francastel. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But as art history itself is being reshaped by the culture of technology, his nuanced meditations from the 1950s on the intricate intersection of technology and art gain heightened value. The concrete objects that Francastel examines are for the most part from the architecture and design of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Through them he engages his central problem: the abrupt historical collision between traditional symbol-making activities of human society and the appearance in the nineteenth century of unprecedented technological and industrial capabilities and forms.
