Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen GOOD CONDITION
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Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen GOOD CONDITION
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2001
- ISBN
- 9780892365906
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0892365900
ISBN-13
9780892365906
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1914670
Product Key Features
Book Title
Devices of Wonder : from the World in a Box to Images on a Screen
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Optics, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Photography, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
51.1 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-001270
Selected by
Poggi, Isotta
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
707/.4794/93
Synopsis
An inquiry into emergent media's rich lineage, Devices of Wonder explores the artful machines humans have used to augment visual perception. The encyclopedic cabinet of curiosities serves as a model for this study of the archaic instruments lurking in state-of-the art technology. Featured in Devices of Wonder are android automata, lunar landscapes, perspective theaters, vues d'optique, microscopes, magnetic games, magic lanterns, camera obscuras, boxes by Joseph Cornell, Lucas Samaras's Mirrored Room, Suzanne Anker's Zoosemiotics, Mark Tilden's UniBug 3.1, panoramic works by Jeff Wall and Giovanni Lusieri, paintings by Jean-Baptiste Chardin and Joseph Wright of Derby, projections by Diana Thater and James Turrell, and a pop-up book by Kara Walker. Barbara Stafford's introduction weaves these fascinating artifacts into a provocative narrative analyzing the complex links between old and new media. Her wide-ranging investigation is complemented by thirty-one short essays in which Frances Terpak tracks the often surprising connections among individual items. Like the cabinet of curiosities, Devices of Wonder functions as an analogical instrument, reframing the beautiful "eye machines" that continue to mediate our encounters with the world. This book is published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Getty Museum from November 13, 2001, through February 6, 2002.
LC Classification Number
N72.T4S73 2001
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