Characterization of the Metropolitan Night The Spectacle of Electric Light at the late 19th century

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Published: Jun 10, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/fa.14058901p.2014.28.56112

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David Caralt

Abstract

The arrival of the electric light, in the late nineteenth century, transfigured the appearance of the cities at night turning them into a gigantic brilliant shop window. The spectacle of the urban nocturne intensified the phantasmagoria of the modern city, characterized by a double topography between darkness and lighting, fear and euphoria.
The ground for the society of the spectacle was prepared with one of its key ingredients: the paralyzing devotion for the technological.

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Caralt, D. (2016). Characterization of the Metropolitan Night The Spectacle of Electric Light at the late 19th century. Bitacora Arquitectura, (28), 32–43. https://doi.org/10.22201/fa.14058901p.2014.28.56112
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David Caralt

David Caralt, Arquitecto, profesor y coordinador académico
Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad San Sebastián, Concepción, Chile, Doctorando Escuela Técnica Superiorde Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, España


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