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Author Papapetros, Spyros.

Title On the animation of the inorganic : art, architecture, and the extension of life / Spyros Papapetros.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Animation victims: an abridged history of animated response -- Animated history -- The movement of accessories -- Fabric extensions and textual supplements from modern and antique fragments -- The movement of snakes -- Pneumatic impulses and bygone appendages from Philo to Warburg -- The afterlife of crystals -- Art historical biology and the animation of the inorganic -- Inorganic culture -- Nudes in the forest -- Models, sciences, and legends in a landscape by Léger -- Malicious houses -- Animism and animosity in German architecture and film from Mies to Murnau -- Daphne's legacy -- Architecture, psychoanalysis, and petrification.
Summary & P & Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. In our secular societies today, we still willingly believe that nonliving objects have lives of their own as we find ourselves interacting with computers and other equipment. In & i & On the Animation of the Inorganic & /i &, Spyros Papapetros examines ideas about simulated movement and inorganic life during and after the turn of the twentieth century & mdash;a period of great technical innovation whose effects continue to reverberate today. & /P & & DIV & Exploring key works of art historians.
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Subject Nature (Aesthetics)
Nature (Aesthetics)
Animation (Cinematography)
Animation (Cinematography)
Art -- Philosophy -- 20th century.
Art -- Philosophy.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Papapetros, Spyros. On the animation of the inorganic. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012 9780226645681 (DLC) 2011040993 (OCoLC)756577820
ISBN 9780226645674 (electronic book)
0226645673 (electronic book)
9780226645681
0226645681