Mumford, Lewis 1895-1990 creator text nyu 2000 monographic eng spa

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xxx, 162 p. 21 cm. 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. 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 -- Lewis Mumford ; with a new introduction by Casey Nelson Blake. Art and society Art and technology Art Art Philosophy N7445 M88 2000 701 0231121040 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231121059 (pbk. : alk. paper) 00034626 pucpr 011210 20260820173043.0 eng