Colomina, Beatriz
X-Ray Architecture
- ISBN 13:
- 9783037784433
- author:
- Colomina, Beatriz
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Lars Muller Publishers
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 200
- Dimensions:
- 24 x 16.5 centimetres (0.53 kg)
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, Criticism,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
A new theory of architecture is on the horizon. This book explores how medical discourse and diagnostic technologies have influenced modern architecture, challenging our understanding of its development. It proposes that the early 20th-century architecture was shaped by the dominant medical obsession of its time: tuberculosis and the X-ray. The relationship between architectural discourse and the body has always been complex. Modern architects presented their buildings as a kind of medical instrument for protecting and enhancing the human form. The X-ray technology, which exposed the inside of the body to public view, was born around the same time as modern architecture and evolved in parallel. This book invites us to consider how our understanding of health and the latest imaging techniques may have shaped the way we conceive architecture. Beatriz Colomina is a leading expert on the interrelationships between architecture, art, media, sexuality, and health. Her work offers new insights into the history and development of modern architecture.
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