The Industrial Revolution was a movement that came gradually and grew more powerful each year that promoted a fundamental shift of technological, socio-economical and cultural conditions occurring primarily in the late 18th and 19th centuries. This period of time was marked by societies questioning and rejection of tradition, the prioritisation of individualism, increased rationalisation and, inevitably, technological progress as new inventions and manufacturing processes aided in the efficiency and productivity of machines. As machines became increasingly prevalent in society, fears of dehumanisation arose where there was a blurred sense of intuitive and intellectual knowledge. As argued by Italian critic, Maria Elena Versari, the machine