The Art of Objects
The Birth of Italian Industrial Culture, 1878-1928
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2018
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0283-6 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0283-6 (ISBN)
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.
The Art of Objects is a cultural history of early Italian industrialism, set against the political, social, and intellectual background of post-unification Italy, and a cutting-edge investigation of the formation of Italy's industrial culture at the turn of the twentieth century. Providing a close examination of several objects of mass consumption, including watches, photographs, bicycles, gramophones, cigarettes, and toys, author Luca Cottini explores the transformation of these objects from commercial items into aesthetic and philosophical icons.
By focusing on the cultural significance of these objects as they enter the market and appear in contemporary works of art and literature, The Art of Objects outlines a comprehensive view of the age between the unification of Italy and Fascism, encompassing production and consumption, aesthetics and entrepreneurship, industry and the humanistic tradition. The observation of the slow formation of new languages, practices, and experiences around these objects also provides valuable insight into the creative laboratory of Italy's early industrial culture. By reconstructing the origins of the Italian culture of design, the book ultimately investigates Italy's critical reception of industrialism, the nation's so-called "imperfect" modernization, and its ongoing quest for an original way to modernity.
The Art of Objects is a cultural history of early Italian industrialism, set against the political, social, and intellectual background of post-unification Italy, and a cutting-edge investigation of the formation of Italy's industrial culture at the turn of the twentieth century. Providing a close examination of several objects of mass consumption, including watches, photographs, bicycles, gramophones, cigarettes, and toys, author Luca Cottini explores the transformation of these objects from commercial items into aesthetic and philosophical icons.
By focusing on the cultural significance of these objects as they enter the market and appear in contemporary works of art and literature, The Art of Objects outlines a comprehensive view of the age between the unification of Italy and Fascism, encompassing production and consumption, aesthetics and entrepreneurship, industry and the humanistic tradition. The observation of the slow formation of new languages, practices, and experiences around these objects also provides valuable insight into the creative laboratory of Italy's early industrial culture. By reconstructing the origins of the Italian culture of design, the book ultimately investigates Italy's critical reception of industrialism, the nation's so-called "imperfect" modernization, and its ongoing quest for an original way to modernity.
Luca Cottini is an assistant professor of Italian Studies at Villanova University.
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
Erscheinungsdatum | 11.07.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Toronto Italian Studies |
Verlagsort | Toronto |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 231 mm |
Gewicht | 620 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4875-0283-4 / 1487502834 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-0283-6 / 9781487502836 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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