Devices of Wonder
From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen
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Publication
2001-11-07 - Getty Trust Publications: Getty Research Institute
Language
English
Word Count
104,000 words, Guess
Page Count
416 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedevicesofwonderf0000staf
- ISBN-139780892365906
- ISBN-100892365900
- LibraryThing90527
- Library of Congress Control Number2001001270
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number46456224
- Better World Books9780892365906
- Open LibraryOL8231077M
Classifications
- LCCN72.T4S73 2001
- LCCN72.T4 S73 2001
- LCCTA1637 .S72 2001
Description
"Modern media machines are the latest addition to a long line of captivating instruments for the augmentation of perception. In Devices of Wonder, Barbara Stafford weaves an array of such sense-extending inventions into a provocative analysis of the social and cultural intersections between old and new technologies. Complementing her wide-ranging investigation are Frances Terpak's thirty-one short essays tracking the complex and often surprising links among individual items. An unusual catalog for an unusual exhibition, Devices of Wonder reframes the history of the beautiful "eye machines" humans have created out of our desire to see more, better, farther, and in a different way."--BOOK JACKET.
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