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Devices of Wonder From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen
by Stafford, Barbara Maria, Terpak, Frances, Poggi, Isotta
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- Comments: First Edition. An inquiry into emergent media's rich lineage, Devices of Wonder explores the artful machines humans have Good 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 Samara
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- ISBN-13: 9780892365906
- ISBN: 0892365900
- Publisher: Getty Publications
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"Anyone who is fascinated by visual images and by how they may be manipulated to extraordinary effect will thoroughly enjoy this book."Stafford, Barbara Maria is the author of 'Devices of Wonder From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen' with ISBN 9780892365906 and ISBN 0892365900.
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