The essay is about the interplay between abstraction, architectural plans, speculations on literature and world-making in a short tale written by the American novelist Robert Heinlein. It focuses on the visual and artistical sources related with the main topic of the short tale; by doing that, I also insists on several reflections concerning the history of abstraction in modern and contemporary visual culture.
The Role of Abstraction in Visual and Architectural Speculations: Robert Heinlein's sci-fi short tale "...And He Built a Crooked House" (1941)
Alessandro Ferraro
2024-01-01
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The essay is about the interplay between abstraction, architectural plans, speculations on literature and world-making in a short tale written by the American novelist Robert Heinlein. It focuses on the visual and artistical sources related with the main topic of the short tale; by doing that, I also insists on several reflections concerning the history of abstraction in modern and contemporary visual culture.
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