Androids in the Enlightenment
Subtitle: Mechanics, Artisans, and Cultures of the Self
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780226034164
Subjects: Robots; Mechanical engineering; Artisans; Enlightenment; Europe, biography
Description: In this volume, Adelheid Voskuhl investigates two automata - both depicting piano-playing women. These automata not oly play music, but also move their heads, eyes, and torsos to mimic a sentimental body technique of the 18th century: musicians were expected to generate sentiments in themselves while playing, then communicate them to the audience through bodily motions.