Luca Cottini

The Art of Objects

The Birth of Italian Industrial Culture, 1878-1928

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Produktbeschreibung

The Art of Objects explores the experimental encounter of arts and industry in Italy at the turn of the 20th century, tracing the origins of the Italian culture of design in the social and aesthetic construction of the age's most iconic industrial objects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 150mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781487502836
• ISBN-10: 1487502834
• Artikelnr.: 52424101

Autorenporträt

Luca Cottini is an assistant professor of Italian Studies at Villanova University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. At the Origin of Italian Industrialism
2. Timepieces and Italian Modern Times
3. Industrial Photographs and the Fictional Vision
4. Bicycles and the Moving Body of the Nation
5. Gramophones, Radio, and the New Languages of Sound
6. Cigarettes and Smoke: The Modern Lightness of Being
7. Toys, Clothes, Furniture, and the Aesthetic Power of Play
8. The Industrial Laboratory of Italian Modernity