A Brief History of Lines.
Sensitive Areas| N° d'inventaire | 22946 |
| Format | 14 x 21 |
| Détails | 269 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Brussels, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782930601113 |
Wherever they go and whatever they do, humans draw lines: walking, writing, drawing, or weaving are activities in which lines are omnipresent, as are the use of the voice, hands, or feet. In A Brief History of Lines, English anthropologist Tim Ingold lays the foundations for what could be a "comparative anthropology of the line" - and, beyond that, a true anthropology of graphic design. Supported by numerous case studies (from the singing paths of Australian Aborigines to Roman roads, from Chinese calligraphy to the printed alphabet, from Native American fabrics to contemporary architecture), the book analyzes the production and existence of lines in everyday human activity. Tim Ingold divides these lines into two genres - traces and threads - before showing that both can merge or transform into surfaces and patterns. According to him, the West has gradually changed the course of the line, gradually losing the link that united it to the gesture and its trace, and finally tending towards the ideal of modernity: the straight line. This work is addressed as much to those who draw lines while working (typographers, architects, musicians, cartographers) as to calligraphers and walkers - those who never stop drawing lines because no matter where we go, we can always go further.
Wherever they go and whatever they do, humans draw lines: walking, writing, drawing, or weaving are activities in which lines are omnipresent, as are the use of the voice, hands, or feet. In A Brief History of Lines, English anthropologist Tim Ingold lays the foundations for what could be a "comparative anthropology of the line" - and, beyond that, a true anthropology of graphic design. Supported by numerous case studies (from the singing paths of Australian Aborigines to Roman roads, from Chinese calligraphy to the printed alphabet, from Native American fabrics to contemporary architecture), the book analyzes the production and existence of lines in everyday human activity. Tim Ingold divides these lines into two genres - traces and threads - before showing that both can merge or transform into surfaces and patterns. According to him, the West has gradually changed the course of the line, gradually losing the link that united it to the gesture and its trace, and finally tending towards the ideal of modernity: the straight line. This work is addressed as much to those who draw lines while working (typographers, architects, musicians, cartographers) as to calligraphers and walkers - those who never stop drawing lines because no matter where we go, we can always go further.