02217nam a2200361Ia 4500 pucpr 20260820173043.0 011210s2000 nyu 000 0 eng 00034626 0231121040 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231121059 (pbk. : alk. paper) pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda spa pcc CARIBET N7445 M88 2000 701 21 Mumford, Lewis 1895-1990. 139894 Art and Technics : Lewis Mumford ; with a new introduction by Casey Nelson Blake. txt New York : Columbia University Press, 2000. xxx, 162 p. 21 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Bampton lectures in America Contents: Lewis Mumford, Insurgent Introduction to Art and Technics Casey Nelson Blake vii -- Author’s Note xxxi -- Art And The Symbol 3 -- The Tool And The Object 33 -- From Handicraft To Machine Art 59 -- Standardization, Reproduction, And Choice 85 -- Symbol And Function In Architecture 111 -- Art, Technics, And Cultural Integration 136 -- Featuring a new introduction by Casey Nelson Blake, this classic text provides the essence of Mumford's views on the distinct yet interpenetrating roles of technology and the arts in modern culture. Mumford contends that modern man's overemphasis on technics has contributed to the depersonalization and emptiness of much of twentieth-century life. He issues a call for a renewed respect for artistic impulses and achievements. His repeated insistence that technological development take the Human as its measure -- as well as his impassioned plea for humanity to make the most of its "splendid potentialities and promise" and reverse its progress toward anomie and destruction -- is ever more relevant as the new century dawns. Art and society 54871 Local Art and technology 197532 Local 54862 Art Local 54862 Art Philosophy. Local lcc 27 N7445 General M88 2000 213949 213949 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2009-09-08 amazon 29.50 442398 1 General N7445 M88 2000 91000000003541 2019-02-04 00:00:00 2019-01-23 1 39.50 2009-09-08 27