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Cars & Culture

By Etienne Psaila

Cars & Culture Books

Cars & Culture

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Cars have never been just machines. From the tailfins of 1950s America to the Bauhaus curves of German engineering, from Italian coachbuilders to Japanese tuner culture, the automobile has long been a mirror of our aesthetic dreams and cultural desires. Cars & Culture is a sweeping journey through the intersections of automotive design, visual art, fashion, and architecture. It explores how the car has shaped-and been shaped by-the visual languages of the modern world.
In over 30 richly narrated chapters, readers are taken behind the curtain of design studios, into the glittering halls of auto shows, and through the sun-drenched streets of Los Angeles and Tokyo where machines become canvases of identity. This is not just a book about cars-it's about creativity on wheels, about the showroom as cathedral and the highway as gallery. Whether you're a petrolhead, designer, or simply a lover of beauty in motion, Cars & Culture offers a new way to see the automobile: as one of the great cultural artefacts of the modern age.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
274
Release Date:
2025-06-07
Publication Date:
2025-06-07
Publisher:
Independently Published
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1923504487
ISBN13:
9781923504486
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
402 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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