Model Shock
<p>By the end of the 19th century, cascading developments in science, theory, and philosophy were radically challenging the way Western society understood what it means “to think” — and how, in turn, this contemporary sentient human could be depicted. EMMELYN BUTTERFIELD-ROSEN, a scholar of late-19th and early-20th century art, and associate director of the Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art at the esteemed Clark Art Institute joins us to discuss her new book, <em>Modern Art & The Remaking of the Human Disposition</em> (U. Chicago Press, 2021), which brilliantly and with astonishing depth explores not just the shifts in artistic conventions during this time, but also the emergent cybernetic processes that catalyzed it.</p>
Host: Caroline Busta, Daniel Keller, Lil Internet
Guests: Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen
Part of: New Models Podcast