Arts of Industry in the Age of Enlightenment

Informationen zum Autor Celina Fox is an independent scholar and journalist, formerly assistant director at the Museum of London. Klappentext The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing, model-making, societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century. Zusammenfassung The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms. This title argues that mechanics and artisans used four principal means to describe and rationalize their work: drawing! model-making! societies and publications. It also examines the status of the mechanical arts from the medieval period to the seventeenth century.

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• Authors: Celina Fox, Fox Celina
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2010
• EAN: 9780300160420
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16042-0
• No. of pages: 576
• Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; Paul Mellon Centre for Studies; Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; Paul Mellon Centre for Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; ART / Subjects & Themes / General, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Commercial & Corporate, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Industrial / commercial art & design, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, C 1700 To C 1800, Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes, machines, etc), Man-made objects depicted in art