Electric Light
An Architectural History
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
25 September 2018
Summary
How electric light created new spaces that transformed the built environment and the perception of modern architecture.In this book, Sandy Isenstadt examines electric light as a form of architecture-as a new, uniquely modern kind of building material. Electric light was more than just a novel way of brightening a room or illuminating a streetscape; it brought with it new ways of perceiving and experiencing space itself. If modernity can be characterized by rapid, incessant change, and moderni…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262038171 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026203817X |
| Author: | Sandy Isenstadt |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 856g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 22mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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In varying the scope of his reflections—from the detail of the light switch to the suspended temporality of a city’s electrified streets—Isenstadt engages readers on a compelling journey at the intersection of society, culture, and technology. Rather than deploying aesthetic categories, Isenstadt focuses on new visual habits
—The Architect’s NewspaperIsenstadt’s book explores an understudied field, making valuable contributions and connections between studies of science, technology, and society (STS) as well as art and architectural history. The book is also written in a sophisticated yet accessible manner for readers who simply want to expand their horizon.
—The Journal of Architectural EducationIsenstadt has created a work that is every bit as bright and kaleidoscopic as the Great White Way he describes with such relish. His prose is always provocative and punchy, whether he is describing the invention of the light switch or evoking Martin Heidegger, James Joyce, and Marcel Proust.
—Journal of the Society of Architectural HistoriansAbout The Author
Sandy Isenstadt
Sandy Isenstadt is a Professor in the Art History Department and Director of the Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware. He is the author of The Modern American House- Spaciousness and Middle-Class Identity.
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