HISTORY OF INNOVATION: BEGINNINGS OF THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY, ART AND DESIGN

Abstract

The present article is based on a historical analysis of emblematic figures in the fields of philosophy, mathematics, and engineering, this article proposes an updated reading of the ancestral origin of digital technology, and its intrinsic link with art and design. ​The works analyzed in this article include the Second Century BC. and XIV a.C. Initially. the clepsydra is presented as the basis for the elaboration of more sophisticated machines, such as the automata which is an ancestor of the current computers, and other devices. To demonstrate this point, the works of three notable inventors were examined: Archimedes of Syracuse, Ismail Al-Jazari and Leonardo Da Vinci.

Keywords

• automaton
• ​clepsydras
• design
• history of innovation