Surfaces : a history /
Joseph A. Amato.
- xvii, 289 pages : ill. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-286).
The surface is where the action is -- We are surfaces and surfaces are us -- The grip and grasp of things -- Walls and homes, the ins and outs of life -- Decoration and representation -- The eye and hand, the mind and science -- Courts, gardens, and mirrors: seeing and being seen -- Fresh faces and new interfaces, from the ground floor up -- Engineering the small, designing the invisible -- Conclusion: encapsulation.