An edition of The alphabet and the algorithm
(2011)
The alphabet and the algorithm
by Mario Carpo
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"Ever wondered what became of architecture in its digital reincarnation? Mario Carpo vaults from Renaissance aspirations to current conditions at the pace of a breathless fable. Where will it lead us?" -- Kurt W. Forster, Yale School of Architecture.
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Introduction
Variable, identical, differential. Architecture and the identical copy : timelines
Allography and notations
Authorship
The early modern pursuit of identical reproduction
Geometry, algorism, and the notational bottleneck
The fall of the identicals
The reversal of the Albertian paradigm
The rise. Alberti and identical copies
Going digital
Windows
ID pictures and the power of facsimiles
Alberti's imitation game and its technological failure
The invention of the Albertian paradigm
The fall. Form
Standard
Agency
Epilogue. Split agency.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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