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Grid Book by Hannah B. Higgins (2009, Trade Paperback)
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And yet, as Hannah Higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a history that long predates modernity; it is the most prominent visual structure in Western culture. In The Grid Book, Higgins examines the history of ten grids that changed the world- the brick, the tablet, the gridiron city plan, the map, musical notation, the ledger, the screen, moveable type, the manufactured box, and the net.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262512408
ISBN-139780262512404
eBay Product ID (ePID)71127033
Product Key Features
Book TitleGrid Book
Number of Pages312 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicCartography, Criticism & Theory, General, History / General
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, Art, Technology & Engineering
AuthorHannah B. Higgins
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight26.4 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-029430
Dewey Edition22
Reviews[I]t is...an informative and sometimes provocative meditation on the place of geometry in human life.-- Bryan Hayes , American Scientist --, "[I]t is...an informative and sometimes provocative meditation on the place ofgeometry in human life." Bryan Hayes American Scientist, "[I]t is...an informative and sometimes provocative meditation on the place of geometry in human life." Bryan Hayes American Scientist, "[I]t is...an informative and sometimes provocative meditation on the place of geometry in human life." - Bryan Hayes, American Scientist, [I]t is...an informative and sometimes provocative meditation on the place of geometry in human life.
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal701/.8
SynopsisTen grids that changed the world: the emergence and evolution of the most prominent visual structure in Western culture. Emblematic of modernity, the grid is the underlying form of everything from skyscrapers and office cubicles to paintings by Mondrian and a piece of computer code. And yet, as Hannah Higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a history that long predates modernity; it is the most prominent visual structure in Western culture. In The Grid Book , Higgins examines the history of ten grids that changed the world: the brick, the tablet, the gridiron city plan, the map, musical notation, the ledger, the screen, moveable type, the manufactured box, and the net. Charting the evolution of each grid, from the Paleolithic brick of ancient Mesopotamia through the virtual connections of the Internet, Higgins demonstrates that once a grid is invented, it may bend, crumble, or shatter, but its organizing principle never disappears. The appearance of each grid was a watershed event. Brick, tablet, and city gridiron made possible sturdy housing, the standardization of language, and urban development. Maps, musical notation, financial ledgers, and moveable type promoted the organization of space, music, and time, international trade, and mass literacy. The screen of perspective painting heralded the science of the modern period, classical mechanics, and the screen arts, while the standardization of space made possible by the manufactured box suggested the purified box forms of industrial architecture and visual art. The net, the most ancient grid, made its first appearance in Stone Age Finland; today, the loose but clearly articulated networks of the World Wide Web suggest that we are in the middle of an emergent grid that is reshaping the world, as grids do, in its image., Ten grids that changed the world- the emergence and evolution of the most prominent visual structure in Western culture. Emblematic of modernity, the grid is the underlying form of everything from skyscrapers and office cubicles to paintings by Mondrian and a piece of computer code. And yet, as Hannah Higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a history that long predates modernity; it is the most prominent visual structure in Western culture. In The Grid Book , Higgins examines the history of ten grids that changed the world- the brick, the tablet, the gridiron city plan, the map, musical notation, the ledger, the screen, moveable type, the manufactured box, and the net. Charting the evolution of each grid, from the Paleolithic brick of ancient Mesopotamia through the virtual connections of the Internet, Higgins demonstrates that once a grid is invented, it may bend, crumble, or shatter, but its organizing principle never disappears. The appearance of each grid was a watershed event. Brick, tablet, and city gridiron made possible sturdy housing, the standardization of language, and urban development. Maps, musical notation, financial ledgers, and moveable type promoted the organization of space, music, and time, international trade, and mass literacy. The screen of perspective painting heralded the science of the modern period, classical mechanics, and the screen arts, while the standardization of space made possible by the manufactured box suggested the purified box forms of industrial architecture and visual art. The net, the most ancient grid, made its first appearance in Stone Age Finland; today, the loose but clearly articulated networks of the World Wide Web suggest that we are in the middle of an emergent grid that is reshaping the world, as grids do, in its image., Ten grids that changed the world: the emergence and evolution of the most prominent visual structure in Western culture.
LC Classification NumberNK1570.H54 2009
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- 12 Nov, 2024
Deep history of the grid
If you are interested in how the grid as a structure has been part of human thinking and culture it is a good read. It goes well beyond the Modernist formalism of grid structureVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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