Broken Myths
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Author: Diederichs, Andrea
Precisionism is generally regarded as an artistic style that does not indulge in social or political themes, being committed instead to aestheticism. Addressing the role of human beings under increased automation and mechanisation, Andrea Diederichs includes the social dimension of the machine age in her investigations. In this way, she undertakes a fundamental revision of the prevailing, one-dimensional reading of Precisionism. It becomes clear that Charles Sheeler’s, George Ault’s or Niles Spencer’s industrial subjects are characterised by ambivalence and ideology-critical tendencies relating to the new conditions of labour under the dictates of the machine, and document the resultant physical and psychological consequences.
ISBN 9783110769456. De Gruyter. pb. 267 pages. 102 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.
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Precisionism is generally regarded as an artistic style that does not indulge in social or political themes, being committed instead to aestheticism. Addressing the role of human beings under increased automation and mechanisation, Andrea Diederichs includes the social dimension of the machine age in her investigations. In this way, she undertakes a fundamental revision of the prevailing, one-dimensional reading of Precisionism. It becomes clear that Charles Sheeler’s, George Ault’s or Niles Spencer’s industrial subjects are characterised by ambivalence and ideology-critical tendencies relating to the new conditions of labour under the dictates of the machine, and document the resultant physical and psychological consequences.
ISBN 9783110769456. De Gruyter. pb. 267 pages. 102 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.
available