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In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen shows how the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. Allen shows how the industrial revolution was Britain's path-breaking response to the challenge of globalization.
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In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen shows how the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. Allen shows how the industrial revolution was Britain's path-breaking response to the challenge of globalization.
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Global economic history: a very short introduction
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In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen shows how the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. Allen shows how the industrial revolution was Britain's path-breaking response to the challenge of globalization.
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In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen shows how the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. Allen shows how the industrial revolution was Britain's path-breaking response to the challenge of globalization.
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November 2014
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Critical Theory
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), architecte du roi. Créateur inspiré du siècle des Lumières, bâtisseur visionnaire, utopiste et écrivain d'inspiration maçonnique, l'architecte Claude Nicolas Ledoux exerça d'abord son art avec succès comme ingénieur et dans le domaine privé sous le règne de Louis XV. Protégé de Mme du Barry, il édifia - outre de nombreux hôtels(...)
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), architecte du roi. Créateur inspiré du siècle des Lumières, bâtisseur visionnaire, utopiste et écrivain d'inspiration maçonnique, l'architecte Claude Nicolas Ledoux exerça d'abord son art avec succès comme ingénieur et dans le domaine privé sous le règne de Louis XV. Protégé de Mme du Barry, il édifia - outre de nombreux hôtels(...)
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), architecte du roi. Créateur inspiré du siècle des Lumières, bâtisseur visionnaire, utopiste et écrivain d'inspiration maçonnique, l'architecte Claude Nicolas Ledoux exerça d'abord son art avec succès comme ingénieur et dans le domaine privé sous le règne de Louis XV. Protégé de Mme du Barry, il édifia - outre de nombreux hôtels particuliers - le pavillon de Louveciennes, le château de Bénouville, celui de Maupertuis et réalisa la décoration du Café militaire. Puis, architecte du roi, il construisit sous Louis XVI la saline d'Arc-et-Senans commandée par Louis XV avant sa mort et les barrières de Paris ; en province, avec la construction du théâtre de Besançon, il fit progresser la réforme des lieux de spectacle. Tombé en disgrâce à la Révolution, il fut incarcéré à la Force en 1793. Empêché d'exercer, il commence la rédaction de "L'architecture considérée sous le rapport de l'art, des mœurs et de La législation". Ce texte, superbement illustré de projets grandioses qui rendent compte de la surprenante modernité de sa vision, offre à la postérité toute l'étendue de la puissance créatrice de Ledoux et une solide réflexion sur l'implication sociale et politique de l'architecture. Lors des réformes urbanistiques de Paris au XIXe siècle, ses constructions furent pour les trois quarts détruites. En s'appuyant sur ce qu'il reste encore actuellement de ses édifices, sur les estampes de ses projets et réalisations ainsi que sur ses écrits, qui témoignent de ses aspirations, cet ouvrage propose de retracer le parcours de Ledoux à travers une étude approfondie de son œuvre. Cette étude s'accompagne de celle, indissociable, du contexte historique particulièrement mouvementé dans lequel Ledoux vécut et s'articule autour d'une analyse sensible de la question du progrès des arts.
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), architecte du roi. Créateur inspiré du siècle des Lumières, bâtisseur visionnaire, utopiste et écrivain d'inspiration maçonnique, l'architecte Claude Nicolas Ledoux exerça d'abord son art avec succès comme ingénieur et dans le domaine privé sous le règne de Louis XV. Protégé de Mme du Barry, il édifia - outre de nombreux hôtels particuliers - le pavillon de Louveciennes, le château de Bénouville, celui de Maupertuis et réalisa la décoration du Café militaire. Puis, architecte du roi, il construisit sous Louis XVI la saline d'Arc-et-Senans commandée par Louis XV avant sa mort et les barrières de Paris ; en province, avec la construction du théâtre de Besançon, il fit progresser la réforme des lieux de spectacle. Tombé en disgrâce à la Révolution, il fut incarcéré à la Force en 1793. Empêché d'exercer, il commence la rédaction de "L'architecture considérée sous le rapport de l'art, des mœurs et de La législation". Ce texte, superbement illustré de projets grandioses qui rendent compte de la surprenante modernité de sa vision, offre à la postérité toute l'étendue de la puissance créatrice de Ledoux et une solide réflexion sur l'implication sociale et politique de l'architecture. Lors des réformes urbanistiques de Paris au XIXe siècle, ses constructions furent pour les trois quarts détruites. En s'appuyant sur ce qu'il reste encore actuellement de ses édifices, sur les estampes de ses projets et réalisations ainsi que sur ses écrits, qui témoignent de ses aspirations, cet ouvrage propose de retracer le parcours de Ledoux à travers une étude approfondie de son œuvre. Cette étude s'accompagne de celle, indissociable, du contexte historique particulièrement mouvementé dans lequel Ledoux vécut et s'articule autour d'une analyse sensible de la question du progrès des arts.
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November 2005, Paris
November 2005, Paris
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Le décret du 5 prairial an XII (25 mai 1804) érigeait la bourgade de La Roche-sur-Yon en chef-lieu du département de la Vendée et engageait la planification d'une nouvelle ville par les ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées. Réuni lors de la célébration du bicentenaire par la municipalité de La Roche-surYon, un colloque qui élargissait la réflexion autour de cette ville(...)
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Le décret du 5 prairial an XII (25 mai 1804) érigeait la bourgade de La Roche-sur-Yon en chef-lieu du département de la Vendée et engageait la planification d'une nouvelle ville par les ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées. Réuni lors de la célébration du bicentenaire par la municipalité de La Roche-surYon, un colloque qui élargissait la réflexion autour de cette ville(...)
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October 2006, Rennes
October 2006, Rennes
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Autour de la ville de Napoléon : colloque de la Roche-sur-Yon
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Le décret du 5 prairial an XII (25 mai 1804) érigeait la bourgade de La Roche-sur-Yon en chef-lieu du département de la Vendée et engageait la planification d'une nouvelle ville par les ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées. Réuni lors de la célébration du bicentenaire par la municipalité de La Roche-surYon, un colloque qui élargissait la réflexion autour de cette ville singulière fut l'occasion de ramener l'attention vers les villes du début du X1Xe siècle. L'organisation scientifique du colloque a été assurée par le laboratoire LAUA de l'école nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes. L'intitulé retenu, «Autour de la ville de Napoléon», a une double portée : tout d'abord un retour sur la ville nommée Napoléon, La Roche-sur-Yon, qui reçoit ce nom en 1805. Ce titre renvoie aussi à une réflexion sur la ville de la période impériale, soit en France, soit dans des territoires d'influence française. Il élargit le débat, alentour, en termes spatiaux ou en termes temporels, pour interroger des cas exemplaires de «villes d'autorité» dans d'autres contextes, ou pour suivre le devenir et l'actualité de ce type de villes. La figure planifiée et tramée de La Roche-sur-Yon, ville administrative fondée par décret dans le cadre des mesures de pacification des départements de l'Ouest de la France à l'issue de la Révolution, et dans celui plus vaste de la réorganisation territoriale de l'Empire, sert de point d'appui à l'examen du rapport entre les questions politico-administratives et la configuration spatiale des villes fondées, étendues ou transformées par acte d'autorité, notamment au début du XIXe siècle, en France, en Europe ou en Amérique. Elle permet d'aborder le vécu et le devenir de ces villes, questionnant leur réception et leur appropriation, entre méconnaissance et patrimonialisation.
Autour de la ville de Napoléon : colloque de la Roche-sur-Yon
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Le décret du 5 prairial an XII (25 mai 1804) érigeait la bourgade de La Roche-sur-Yon en chef-lieu du département de la Vendée et engageait la planification d'une nouvelle ville par les ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées. Réuni lors de la célébration du bicentenaire par la municipalité de La Roche-surYon, un colloque qui élargissait la réflexion autour de cette ville singulière fut l'occasion de ramener l'attention vers les villes du début du X1Xe siècle. L'organisation scientifique du colloque a été assurée par le laboratoire LAUA de l'école nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes. L'intitulé retenu, «Autour de la ville de Napoléon», a une double portée : tout d'abord un retour sur la ville nommée Napoléon, La Roche-sur-Yon, qui reçoit ce nom en 1805. Ce titre renvoie aussi à une réflexion sur la ville de la période impériale, soit en France, soit dans des territoires d'influence française. Il élargit le débat, alentour, en termes spatiaux ou en termes temporels, pour interroger des cas exemplaires de «villes d'autorité» dans d'autres contextes, ou pour suivre le devenir et l'actualité de ce type de villes. La figure planifiée et tramée de La Roche-sur-Yon, ville administrative fondée par décret dans le cadre des mesures de pacification des départements de l'Ouest de la France à l'issue de la Révolution, et dans celui plus vaste de la réorganisation territoriale de l'Empire, sert de point d'appui à l'examen du rapport entre les questions politico-administratives et la configuration spatiale des villes fondées, étendues ou transformées par acte d'autorité, notamment au début du XIXe siècle, en France, en Europe ou en Amérique. Elle permet d'aborder le vécu et le devenir de ces villes, questionnant leur réception et leur appropriation, entre méconnaissance et patrimonialisation.
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October 2006, Rennes
October 2006, Rennes
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The self-sufficient city
The self-sufficient city
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Internet has changed our lives but it has not changed our cities, yet. Any technological revolution is paired with radical transformations in life styles. This book outlines a blueprint for the world to come, a world built around cities and their renewed capabilities to became productive again.
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Internet has changed our lives but it has not changed our cities, yet. Any technological revolution is paired with radical transformations in life styles. This book outlines a blueprint for the world to come, a world built around cities and their renewed capabilities to became productive again.
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The self-sufficient city
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Internet has changed our lives but it has not changed our cities, yet. Any technological revolution is paired with radical transformations in life styles. This book outlines a blueprint for the world to come, a world built around cities and their renewed capabilities to became productive again.
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Internet has changed our lives but it has not changed our cities, yet. Any technological revolution is paired with radical transformations in life styles. This book outlines a blueprint for the world to come, a world built around cities and their renewed capabilities to became productive again.
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February 2014
February 2014
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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In "Havana beyond the Ruins," prominent architects, scholars, and writers based in and outside of Cuba analyze how Havana has been portrayed in literature, music, and the visual arts since Soviet subsidies of Cuba ceased, and the Cuban state has re-imagined Havana as a destination for international tourists and business ventures. Cuba's capital has experienced little(...)
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In "Havana beyond the Ruins," prominent architects, scholars, and writers based in and outside of Cuba analyze how Havana has been portrayed in literature, music, and the visual arts since Soviet subsidies of Cuba ceased, and the Cuban state has re-imagined Havana as a destination for international tourists and business ventures. Cuba's capital has experienced little(...)
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Havana, beyond the ruins: cultural mappings after 1989
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In "Havana beyond the Ruins," prominent architects, scholars, and writers based in and outside of Cuba analyze how Havana has been portrayed in literature, music, and the visual arts since Soviet subsidies of Cuba ceased, and the Cuban state has re-imagined Havana as a destination for international tourists and business ventures. Cuba's capital has experienced little construction since the revolution of 1959; many of its citizens live in poorly maintained colonial and modernist dwellings. It is this Havana--of crumbling houses, old cars, and a romantic aura of ruined hopes--that is marketed in picture books, memorabilia, and films. Bringing together assessments of the city's dwellings and urban development projects, "Havana beyond the Ruins" provides unique insights into issues of memory, citizenship, urban life, and the future of the revolution in Cuba.
Havana, beyond the ruins: cultural mappings after 1989
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In "Havana beyond the Ruins," prominent architects, scholars, and writers based in and outside of Cuba analyze how Havana has been portrayed in literature, music, and the visual arts since Soviet subsidies of Cuba ceased, and the Cuban state has re-imagined Havana as a destination for international tourists and business ventures. Cuba's capital has experienced little construction since the revolution of 1959; many of its citizens live in poorly maintained colonial and modernist dwellings. It is this Havana--of crumbling houses, old cars, and a romantic aura of ruined hopes--that is marketed in picture books, memorabilia, and films. Bringing together assessments of the city's dwellings and urban development projects, "Havana beyond the Ruins" provides unique insights into issues of memory, citizenship, urban life, and the future of the revolution in Cuba.
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September 2011
September 2011
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Urban Theory
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Part of "The Information Technology Revolution in Architecture" series, this volume explores serialsm as a means of integrating comtemporary human knowledge and nature in art. Markus Bandur postulates that there is no true repetition in the world and that all individual parts are related through measure and proportion.
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Part of "The Information Technology Revolution in Architecture" series, this volume explores serialsm as a means of integrating comtemporary human knowledge and nature in art. Markus Bandur postulates that there is no true repetition in the world and that all individual parts are related through measure and proportion.
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Aesthetics of total serialism : contemporary search from the music of architecture
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Part of "The Information Technology Revolution in Architecture" series, this volume explores serialsm as a means of integrating comtemporary human knowledge and nature in art. Markus Bandur postulates that there is no true repetition in the world and that all individual parts are related through measure and proportion.
Aesthetics of total serialism : contemporary search from the music of architecture
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Part of "The Information Technology Revolution in Architecture" series, this volume explores serialsm as a means of integrating comtemporary human knowledge and nature in art. Markus Bandur postulates that there is no true repetition in the world and that all individual parts are related through measure and proportion.
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June 2001, Basel
June 2001, Basel
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Brick is a insightful and surprising look at one of the world’s most familiar and popular building materials. From the strange remains of the Ziggurat of Ur dating from 2100 BC, to formidable mills of the industrial revolution, the humble brick has been an architectural staple for centuries.
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Brick is a insightful and surprising look at one of the world’s most familiar and popular building materials. From the strange remains of the Ziggurat of Ur dating from 2100 BC, to formidable mills of the industrial revolution, the humble brick has been an architectural staple for centuries.
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Brick
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Brick is a insightful and surprising look at one of the world’s most familiar and popular building materials. From the strange remains of the Ziggurat of Ur dating from 2100 BC, to formidable mills of the industrial revolution, the humble brick has been an architectural staple for centuries.
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Brick is a insightful and surprising look at one of the world’s most familiar and popular building materials. From the strange remains of the Ziggurat of Ur dating from 2100 BC, to formidable mills of the industrial revolution, the humble brick has been an architectural staple for centuries.
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August 2015
August 2015
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Materials and Lighting
Materials and Lighting
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Visuality for architects: architectural creativity and modern theories of perception and imagination
Visuality for architects: architectural creativity and modern theories of perception and imagination
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This book examines the ways in which new theories of human visuality create a different understanding of architectural design, practice, and education. This new understanding coincides with and supports formalist approaches to architecture that have become influential in recent years as a result of the digital revolution in architectural design.
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This book examines the ways in which new theories of human visuality create a different understanding of architectural design, practice, and education. This new understanding coincides with and supports formalist approaches to architecture that have become influential in recent years as a result of the digital revolution in architectural design.
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Visuality for architects: architectural creativity and modern theories of perception and imagination
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This book examines the ways in which new theories of human visuality create a different understanding of architectural design, practice, and education. This new understanding coincides with and supports formalist approaches to architecture that have become influential in recent years as a result of the digital revolution in architectural design.
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This book examines the ways in which new theories of human visuality create a different understanding of architectural design, practice, and education. This new understanding coincides with and supports formalist approaches to architecture that have become influential in recent years as a result of the digital revolution in architectural design.
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April 2013
April 2013
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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In this sweeping portrait of the political culture of the early People's Republic of China (PRC), Chang-tai Hung mines newly available sources to vividly reconstruct how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tightened its rule after taking power in 1949. With political-cultural projects such as reconstructing Tiananmen Square to celebrate the Communist Revolution; staging(...)
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In this sweeping portrait of the political culture of the early People's Republic of China (PRC), Chang-tai Hung mines newly available sources to vividly reconstruct how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tightened its rule after taking power in 1949. With political-cultural projects such as reconstructing Tiananmen Square to celebrate the Communist Revolution; staging(...)
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Mao's new world: Political culture in the early People's Republic
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In this sweeping portrait of the political culture of the early People's Republic of China (PRC), Chang-tai Hung mines newly available sources to vividly reconstruct how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tightened its rule after taking power in 1949. With political-cultural projects such as reconstructing Tiananmen Square to celebrate the Communist Revolution; staging national parades; rewriting official histories; mounting a visual propaganda campaign, including oil paintings, cartoons, and New Year prints; and establishing a national cemetery for heroes of the Revolution, the CCP built up nationalistic fervor in the people and affirmed its legitimacy. These projects came under strong Soviet influence, but the nationalistic Chinese Communists sought an independent road of nation building; for example, they decided that the reconstructed Tiananmen Square should surpass Red Square in size and significance, against the advice of Soviet experts sent from Moscow.
Mao's new world: Political culture in the early People's Republic
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In this sweeping portrait of the political culture of the early People's Republic of China (PRC), Chang-tai Hung mines newly available sources to vividly reconstruct how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tightened its rule after taking power in 1949. With political-cultural projects such as reconstructing Tiananmen Square to celebrate the Communist Revolution; staging national parades; rewriting official histories; mounting a visual propaganda campaign, including oil paintings, cartoons, and New Year prints; and establishing a national cemetery for heroes of the Revolution, the CCP built up nationalistic fervor in the people and affirmed its legitimacy. These projects came under strong Soviet influence, but the nationalistic Chinese Communists sought an independent road of nation building; for example, they decided that the reconstructed Tiananmen Square should surpass Red Square in size and significance, against the advice of Soviet experts sent from Moscow.
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February 2017
February 2017
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This historical survey focuses on female artists who were either working with computer technologies or taking up the subject of computing and cybernetics in their work in the early years of the computer revolution. It documents a lesser-known history of the inception of digital art, countering conventional narratives by focusing entirely on female figures. Comprising more(...)
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This historical survey focuses on female artists who were either working with computer technologies or taking up the subject of computing and cybernetics in their work in the early years of the computer revolution. It documents a lesser-known history of the inception of digital art, countering conventional narratives by focusing entirely on female figures. Comprising more(...)
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Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing: 1960-1991
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This historical survey focuses on female artists who were either working with computer technologies or taking up the subject of computing and cybernetics in their work in the early years of the computer revolution. It documents a lesser-known history of the inception of digital art, countering conventional narratives by focusing entirely on female figures. Comprising more than 100 works by 50 artists from 14 countries, it spans a period from the first years of integrated circuit computing in the 1960s to the "microcomputer revolution," which led to the birth of home computing in the 1980s. This extensive publication includes three new essays by Tina Rivers Ryan, Margit Rosen and the exhibition's curator, Michelle Cotton. It also features a richly illustrated timeline covering the period between 1613 and 1991 and includes 27 new interviews with artists and over 200 illustrations.
Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing: 1960-1991
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This historical survey focuses on female artists who were either working with computer technologies or taking up the subject of computing and cybernetics in their work in the early years of the computer revolution. It documents a lesser-known history of the inception of digital art, countering conventional narratives by focusing entirely on female figures. Comprising more than 100 works by 50 artists from 14 countries, it spans a period from the first years of integrated circuit computing in the 1960s to the "microcomputer revolution," which led to the birth of home computing in the 1980s. This extensive publication includes three new essays by Tina Rivers Ryan, Margit Rosen and the exhibition's curator, Michelle Cotton. It also features a richly illustrated timeline covering the period between 1613 and 1991 and includes 27 new interviews with artists and over 200 illustrations.
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September 2025
September 2025
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Art Theory
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