Surface tensions: Surface, finish and the meaning of objects (Studies in Design and Material Culture) - Tapa dura

Libro 19 de 60: Studies in Design and Material Culture

Adamson, Glenn

 
9780719087516: Surface tensions: Surface, finish and the meaning of objects (Studies in Design and Material Culture)
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ISBN 10: 0719087511 ISBN 13: 9780719087516
Editorial: Manchester University Press, 2013

Sinopsis

The sixteen essays in this collection explore the surface as a site where complex forces meet, thorugh a wide range of subjects including avante garde fashion, the faking of antiques, postmodern architecture and design, and film costume. The book provides insights into the whole lifecycle of objects, not just their condition when new.

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Acerca de los autores

Glenn Adamson is Head of Research at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria Kelley is Reader in Design and Material Culture History at University for the Creative Arts, and teaches in the School of Fashion and Textile Design, Central Saint Saint Martins College of Art and Design

De la contraportada

Surfaces are often held to be of lesser consequence than ‘deeper’ or more ‘substantive’ aspects of artworks and objects. Yet it is also possible to conceive of the surface in more positive terms: as a site where complex forces meet. Surfaces can be theorized as membranes, protective shells, sensitive skins, even thicknesses in their own right. The surface is not so much a barrier to content as an opportunity for encounter.

Surface tensions includes sixteen essays that explore this theoretically uncharted terrain. The subjects range widely: domestic maintenance; avant-garde fashion; the faking of antiques; postmodern architecture and design; contemporary film costume. Of particular emphasis within the volume are textiles, which are among the most complex and culturally rich materializations of surface. As a whole, the book provides insights into the whole lifecycle of objects, not just their condition when new.

The contents will be of interest to any practitioner or scholar who considers the surface within their work, whether from the perspective of fine art, craft, design, history or anthropology.

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Editorial
Manchester University Press
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0719087511
ISBN 13 
9780719087516
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
264
Editor
Adamson Glenn, Kelley Victoria
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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