But in the decades following the discovery of photography, this question reflected the search for ways to fit the mechanical medium into the traditional schemes of artistic expression.
但在发明摄影术后的几十年里，这个问题反映了对如何将机械媒介融入传统艺术表达方案的探索。
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She says that the heavy subcultural interest in steampunk-the expression of computational functions in the design and mechanical aesthetics of the 19th century-derives from the same motivation.