内容简介
ThisninthvolumeoftheArtefactsseriesexploreshowartistshaverespondedtodevelopmentsinscienceandtechnology,pastandpresent.Ratherthanlimitingthediscussiontoartalone,editorsAnneCollinsGoodyearandMargaretWeitekampalsoaskedcontributorstoconsideraesthetics:thescholarlyconsiderationofsensoryresponsestoculturalobjects.Whenconsideredasaestheticobjects,howdoscientificinstrumentsortechnologicalinnovationsreflectandembodyculturallygroundedassessmentsaboutappearance,feel,anduse?Andwhentheseobjectsbecomemuseumartifacts,whataestheticfactorsaffecttheirexhibition?Contributorsfoundanswersinthematerialobjectsthemselves.Thisvolumereconsidershowscience,technology,art,andaestheticsimpactoneanother.
作者简介
AnneCollinsGoodyearisCo-DirectoroftheBowdoinCollegeMuseumofArt.Previously,shewasCuratorofPrintsandDrawingsattheNationalPortraitGallery,SmithsonianInstitution,andProfessorialLecturerinArtandArtHistoryatTheGeorgeWashingtonUniversity.Sheiscoeditor,withJamesW.McManus,ofInventingMarcelDuchamp:TheDynamicsofPortraiture(Washington,DC:NationalPortraitGallery,2009)andhaspublishednumerousessaysexploringintersectionsbetweenmodernandcontemporaryartandportraiturewithscienceandtechnology.MargaretA.Weitekamp,PhD,isacuratorintheSpaceHistoryDivisionattheSmithsonian’sNationalAirandSpaceMuseum,wheresheoverseesover4,000piecesofspacememorabiliaandspacesciencefictionobjects.ShewroteRightStuff,WrongSex:America’sFirstWomeninSpaceProgram(2004),winneroftheEugeneM.EmmeAwardforAstronauticalLiteraturefromtheAmericanAstronauticalSociety.SheearnedherBAattheUniversityofPittsburghandherPhDatCornellUniversity.,,,