Peter  Reyner Banham plays a key transitional role in the history narration  and critique in architecture and design from around 1955 to 1985. His  writings in the three decades cover almost all the topics from the First  Machine Age to the Second Machine Age. This speech, as the first of a  series of three lectures on Banham in this course, includes the  following: 1. Elaboration of the differences between history of art,  history of science, history of technology to comprehend what the course  “Machine and Environment” teaches; 2. In which ways Banham makes his  arguments based on a critique of the Modern Movement; 3. How his  aesthetic of machine differs from that of his predecessors in the  1920-30s, and how he contributes to the circles of art and architecture  in the 1950-60s. A practical bibliography of his writings is also  provided.

雷纳·班纳姆在1955年到1985年之间建筑与设计学科的历史叙述与批评里扮演了一个关键的过渡角色。他在差不多三十来年的写作里几乎覆盖了从第一机器时代到第二机器时代的所有话题。本场讲座作为本次课程专论班纳姆的三次讲座系列的第一场，将依次讲述如下内容：1.艺术史、科学史、技术史的区别，以理解“机器与环境”这门课；2.班纳姆从哪些方面建立对现代运动的批判思路，3.班纳姆的机器美学如何区分于1920-30年代的前辈，而他又对1950-60年代的艺术和建筑圈子有何贡献。本场讲座还将提供一份关于班纳姆写作的实用文献列表。

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