| Description |
xi, 169 p. |
| Series |
Writing architecture |
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Writing architecture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Variable, identical, differential. Architecture and the identical copy : timelines -- Allography and notations -- Authorship -- The early modern pursuit of identical reproduction -- Geometry, algorism, and the notational bottleneck -- The fall of the identicals -- The reversal of the Albertian paradigm -- The rise. Alberti and identical copies -- Going digital -- Windows -- ID pictures and the power of facsimiles -- Alberti's imitation game and its technological failure -- The invention of the Albertian paradigm -- The fall. Form -- Standard -- Agency -- Epilogue. Split agency. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Architectural design.
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Architectural design -- Technological innovations.
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Repetition (Aesthetics)
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Design and technology.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Form, standards, and authorship in times of variable media |
| ISBN |
9780262515801 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780262295925 (electronic bk.) |
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