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Machine Aesthetic

Machine Aesthetic is a design philosophy within modernist architecture and industrial design that emphasizes functional precision, geometric regularity, and the visual expression of mechanical efficiency, distinguishing itself from other aesthetic approaches by idealizing the forms, materials, and processes associated with industrial machinery as sources of formal and ethical purity in design.

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34

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16

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2017–2026

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Publications

19

Modernity and Nostalgia: Art and Politics in France between the Wars.

Jerrold Seigel, Romy Golan · The American Historical Review · 1997 · 109 citations

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Inventing futurism: the art and politics of artificial optimism

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 105 citations

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Inventing Futurism: The Art and Politics of Artificial Optimism

Walter L. Adamson · Modernism/modernity · 2010 · 96 citations

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Twentieth Century Limited: Industrial Design in America, 1925-1939

Howard P. Segal, Jeffrey L. Meikle · The American Historical Review · 1980 · 93 citations

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Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology

Eliot A. Cohen, David Gelernter · Foreign Affairs · 1999 · 78 citations

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Authors

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  1. JL
    Jeffrey L. Meikle

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  2. JD
    J. Daniel Bourland

    Wake Forest University, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  3. VW
    Volker W. Stieber

    Wake Forest University, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  4. RP
    Robert P. Multhauf

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. WL
    Walter L. Adamson

    Emory University, United States

    1 publications · 96 citations

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Institutions

16

  1. Holy Cross College

    Notre Dame, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  3. Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    78 citations

  5. Shaoxing University

    Shaoxing, China

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    114 citations

  6. Jishou University

    Zhangjiajie, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. University of Ljubljana

    Ljubljana, Slovenia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  8. Goldsmiths University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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  2. Technology and Culture

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 2 publications · 202 citations

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  4. Arts

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  5. Games and Culture

    1 publications · 69 citations

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