The Visual Language of Technique
Volume 1 - History and Epistemology
Editors: Cocchiarella, Luigi (Ed.)
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- About this book
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The book is inspired by the first seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano. "Dealing with the Image Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to stimulate a discussion among engineers, designers and architects, all of whom are traditionally involved in the use of the Image as a specialized language supporting their work, their research activities and their educational tasks. The book will also include the essays of invited or interviewed authors from other disciplines, namely Philosophy, Mathematics and Semiotics. According to Regis Debray, in the present "Visual Age", which he has significantly defined as a "Video-Sphere", all the information tends to be processed and controlled by means of visual devices. This occurs especially in the various branches of many technical studies and activities, one of the most sensitive areas to the use of Visual Language in the past and even more in the present.
- About the authors
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Prof. Luigi Cocchiarella
Associate Professor, Department of Architettura e Studi Urbani (DASTU), School of Architettura e Società (Architecture and Society), since 1999 at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Member of the Department Board of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies.
Vice-President of the Bachelor in Architectural Science of the School of Architettura e Società Member of the Unione Italiana Disegno (UID).
Member of the Board of Regents of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics (ISGG).
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Dealing with the Image. Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges
Pages 3-4
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Colloquium with Ruggero Eugeni
Pages 5-10
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The Visual Language of Technique Between Science and Art
Pages 11-30
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Landscape as a Device
Pages 33-39
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Geometry—Daughter of Art, Mother of Mathematics
Pages 41-57
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Visual Language of Technique
- Book Subtitle
- Volume 1 - History and Epistemology
- Editors
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- Luigi Cocchiarella
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-05350-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-05350-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-05349-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-35858-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 182
- Number of Illustrations
- 35 b/w illustrations, 84 illustrations in colour
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