Electrographic Architecture: New York Color, Las Vegas Light, and America’s White Imaginary
Author:   Carolyn L. Kane
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520392595


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 August 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Carolyn L. Kane
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780520392595


ISBN 10:   0520392590
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 August 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Contents List of Illustrations  Introduction: White like No Other  1. Synthetic White, 10,000 BC–1700 AD  2. Edison’s White Light Empire, 1750–1881  3. The “Great White Way,” 1880s–1910  4. Douglas Leigh’s Times Square Spectaculars, 1930–1960  5. The Young Electric Sign Company and Las Vegas Neon, 1920–1970  6. Jenny Holzer’s Light Art as Urban Critique, 1970–1990  Conclusion: Chromophobia in the Smart City, 1992–2022  Acknowledgments  Notes  Bibliography  Index 

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Carolyn L. Kane is author of High-Tech Trash: Glitch, Noise, and Aesthetic Failure and Chromatic Algorithms: Synthetic Color, Computer Art, and Aesthetics after Code.

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