The alphabet and the algorithm / Mario Carpo.

Author/creator Carpo, Mario
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
Descriptionxi, 169 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesWriting architecture
Writing architecture. ^A369902
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010031062
ISBN9780262515801 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0262515806 (pbk. : alk. paper)