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Surfaces : a history / Joseph A. Amato.

By: Publisher: Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2013]Copyright date: c2013Description: xvii, 289 pages : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780520272774
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.9/1 23
LOC classification:
  • BF353 .A43 2013
Contents:
The surface is where the action is -- We are surfaces and surfaces are us -- The grip and grasp of things -- Walls and homes, the ins and outs of life -- Decoration and representation -- The eye and hand, the mind and science -- Courts, gardens, and mirrors: seeing and being seen -- Fresh faces and new interfaces, from the ground floor up -- Engineering the small, designing the invisible -- Conclusion: encapsulation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-286).

The surface is where the action is -- We are surfaces and surfaces are us -- The grip and grasp of things -- Walls and homes, the ins and outs of life -- Decoration and representation -- The eye and hand, the mind and science -- Courts, gardens, and mirrors: seeing and being seen -- Fresh faces and new interfaces, from the ground floor up -- Engineering the small, designing the invisible -- Conclusion: encapsulation.

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