Author:Pierre Francastel
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Art and Technology in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Price: $15.98
Publisher: Zone Books: December 2000
Seller ID: 187310
ISBN: 1890951021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New - New
A nuanced study of the effects of technology on the traditional concerns of artists and other symbol-makers.
Although the work of Pierre Francastel (1900-1970) has long carried the label "sociology of art," it bears little resemblance to anything conventionally sociological. For too long Francastel has been unavailable to English-language readers, and hence known only through erroneous and secondhand characterizations. This translation of Art and Technology should open the way for a rediscovery and reconsideration of this brilliant, often misunderstood thinker. Unlike adherents...
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Art and Technology in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Price: $36.95
Publisher: Zone Books: December 2000
Seller ID: 188436
ISBN: 1890951021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Used - VeryGood
A nuanced study of the effects of technology on the traditional concerns of artists and other symbol-makers.
Although the work of Pierre Francastel (1900-1970) has long carried the label "sociology of art," it bears little resemblance to anything conventionally sociological. For too long Francastel has been unavailable to English-language readers, and hence known only through erroneous and secondhand characterizations. This translation of Art and Technology should open the way for a rediscovery and reconsideration of this brilliant, often misunderstood thinker. Unlike adherents...
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