Author: Western Society of Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Centennial of the Engineer
Author: Western Society of Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Centennial of Engineering, 1852-1952
Author: Centennial of Engineering, 1952, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Centennial of Engineering
Author: Centennial of Engineering, 1952, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Designing the Centennial
Author: Bruno Giberti
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813181488
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
The 1876 United States Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia was not only the United States' first important world's fair, it signaled significant changes in the very shape of knowledge. Quarrels between participants in the exhibition represented a greater conflict as the world transitioned between two different kinds of modernity—the Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the High Modern period of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. At the center of this movement was a shift in the perceived relationship between seeing and knowing and in the perception of what makes an object valuable—its usefulness as a subject of study and learning versus its ability to be bought and sold on the market. Arguments over design of the Centennial reflected these opposing viewpoints. Initial plans were rigidly structured, dividing the exhibits by country and type. But as some exhibitors became more interested in the preferences of their audience, they adopted a more modern stance. Objects traditionally displayed in isolated glass boxes were placed in fictive context—the necklace draped over a mannequin, the vase set on a table in a model room. As a result, the audience could more easily perceive these items as commodities suitable for their own environments and the fair as a place to find ideas for a material lifestyle. Designing the Centennial is a vital first look at the design process and the nature of the display. Bruno Giberti uses official reports of the U.S. Centennial Commission and photographs of the Centennial Photographic Company, as well as the ephemera of the exhibition and literary accounts in books, magazines, and newspapers to illuminate how the 1876 fair revealed changes to come: in future world's fairs, museums, department stores, and in the nature of display itself.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813181488
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
The 1876 United States Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia was not only the United States' first important world's fair, it signaled significant changes in the very shape of knowledge. Quarrels between participants in the exhibition represented a greater conflict as the world transitioned between two different kinds of modernity—the Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the High Modern period of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. At the center of this movement was a shift in the perceived relationship between seeing and knowing and in the perception of what makes an object valuable—its usefulness as a subject of study and learning versus its ability to be bought and sold on the market. Arguments over design of the Centennial reflected these opposing viewpoints. Initial plans were rigidly structured, dividing the exhibits by country and type. But as some exhibitors became more interested in the preferences of their audience, they adopted a more modern stance. Objects traditionally displayed in isolated glass boxes were placed in fictive context—the necklace draped over a mannequin, the vase set on a table in a model room. As a result, the audience could more easily perceive these items as commodities suitable for their own environments and the fair as a place to find ideas for a material lifestyle. Designing the Centennial is a vital first look at the design process and the nature of the display. Bruno Giberti uses official reports of the U.S. Centennial Commission and photographs of the Centennial Photographic Company, as well as the ephemera of the exhibition and literary accounts in books, magazines, and newspapers to illuminate how the 1876 fair revealed changes to come: in future world's fairs, museums, department stores, and in the nature of display itself.
Centennial of Engineering
Author: Society of American Military Engineers. Meeting
Publisher:
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Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Publisher:
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Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Engineer
A Centennial History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1880-1980
Author: Bruce Sinclair
Publisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487572440
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The occasion has provided an opportunity for the Society to look back and survey its accomplishments, its distinguished members, and its constant dialogue -- among its members and with the American people -- concerning the role of engineering in a technological society.
Publisher: Heritage
ISBN: 9781487572440
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The occasion has provided an opportunity for the Society to look back and survey its accomplishments, its distinguished members, and its constant dialogue -- among its members and with the American people -- concerning the role of engineering in a technological society.
The Popular Engineer
The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921
Author: University of Virginia
Publisher:
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Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Centennial of Engineering Education, 1856-1956
Author: University of Missouri. College of Engineering
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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