Art and Technics

Art and Technics
ISBN-10
0231121059
ISBN-13
9780231121057
Category
Art
Pages
162
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Lewis Mumford

Description

Lewis Mumford was the author of more than thirty influential books, many of which expounded his views on the perils of urban sprawl and a society obsessed with technics. This text provides the essence of Mumford's views on the distinct yet interpenetrating roles of technology and the arts in modern culture.

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