Shaping the Modern Body through Glass Architecture, 1925-35
by
John Stanislav Sadar
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
In the mid-1920s a physiologist, a glass chemist, and a zoo embarked on a project which promised to turn buildings into medical instruments. The advanced chemistry of "Vita" Glass mobilised theories of light and medicine, health practices and glassmaking technology to compress an entire...