Human beings are surrounded by surfaces: from our skin to faces; to the walls and streets of our homes and cities; to the images; books; and screens of our cultures and civilizations; to the natural world and what we imagine beyond. In this thought-provoking and richly textured book; Joseph A. Amato traces the human relationship with surfaces from the deep history of human evolution; which unfolded across millennia; up to the contemporary world. Fusing his work on Dust and On Foot; he shows how; in the last two centuries; our understanding; creation; control; and manipulation of surfaces has become truly revolutionarymdash;in both scale and volume. With the sweep of grand history matched to existential concerns for the present; he suggests that we have become the surfaces we have made; mastered; and now control; invent; design; and encapsulate our lives. This deeply informed and original narrative; which joins history and anthropology and suggests new routes for epistemology and aesthetics; argues that surfaces are far more than superficial faccedil;ades of deep inner worlds.
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