History class Response
There are 2 options for this history class response. You just need pick 1 option to write. 250-350 words. Due May 9th 23:59.
Here is the infotmation about this paper,
Option#1: Mertins on Modernism
Please read:
Detlef Mertins, The Enticing and Threatening Face of Prehistory: Walter Benjamin and the Utopia of Glass, Assemblage , No. 29 (Apr., 1996), pp. 6-23; Available in the Readings Folder and on JSTOR at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3171392
And discuss:
Mertins article is a rich discussion of the connections between modern materials (such as glass, iron, and cement), art and architecture (Bauhaus and De Stil), and ideology (utopianism, modernism), and technology. Select one example from his discussion and discuss how these categories come together (for example, in the design or construction of a structure, or in a discussion of the role of technology in society (see the section on Poverty for this last idea).
Option #2: Linotype
Please view the film:
Linotype, The Film: In Search of the Eighth Wonder of the World; Available in the Hagerty Library Media Reserves at: (http://innoserv.library.drexel.edu/search~S9?/cZ253+.W54+2012/cz+++253+w54+2012/-3,-1,,E/browse)
And discuss:
a) What was novel about the Linotype system, and how did change printing? b) Should we lament the demise of the linotype technology? c) What is the value of craft knowledge, and the work of those today who are maintaining and reviving the Linotype technology?
