Fritz Kahn - Man Machine (very steampunk!)

Comparing the body and the human being to a machine is partly a comical metaphor, partly a bleak metaphor.. and a lot of people even think that it is an accurate metaphor.

Fritz Kahn's illustrations of the body are weirdly practical and educational. He lived from 1888 to 1968, so these illustrations are from a time of industrial and technological growth and a naive faith in the wonders of the machine. Comparing the body to a machine was possibly more of a positive metaphor back then than it is now?




Click image to enlarge if you want to take a closer look at all the cool details:

Sooo.. can a robot feel love? ;) I need to read the book called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.