Art and technics.

Main entry:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.

Title & Author:

Art and technics.

Publication:

New York, Columbia University Press, 1952.

Description:

162 pages 21 cm.

Series:

Bampton lectures in America, no. 4

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Art and the symbol -- The tool and the object -- From handicraft to machine art -- Standardization, reproduction, and choice -- Symbol and function in architecture -- Art, technics, and cultural integration.

Summary:

"ART AND TECHNICS traces the relationship, throughout history, between two conflicting impulses within man: the artistic, which is subjective, and the 'technical', which is objective."--Back cover.

ISBN:

0231019033
9780231019033
0231085095
9780231085090

Subject:

Art.
Art Philosophy.
Art Philosophie.
Kunst.
Techniek.

Form/genre:

Art.
works of art.
Œuvres d'art.

Added entries:

Bampton lectures in America ; no. 4.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 105883
Call No.: W5550; ID:86-B2116
Status: Available

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