Instrumentality : on technical objects and orientations in the later Middle Ages / J. Allan Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, J. Allan (John Allan), 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Medieval.

Technology--Europe--History To 1500.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Illuminating key moments in the intellectual history of the European Middle Ages, Instrumentality opens up the instrumental condition of the human for critical reflection and renewal. J. Allan Mitchell leads readers from three-dimensional objects to two-dimensional inscriptions and onward to overarching disciplinary norms in the early liberal and mechanical arts, showing how these instruments are indispensable to the past-and the future-of the arts and culture at large"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Intelligent Objects

Chapter Two: Graphic Interfaces

Chapter Three: Learning Devices, or Instruments of Language and Literature

Conclusion: Toward a Critical Instrumentality

Notes

Index

Author Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-7188-9

OCLC:

1449549087