The Claude Glass: Use and Meaning of the Black Mirror in Western Art
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A study of a largely forgotten optical device and its relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination. In this first full-length study of a largely forgotten optical device from the eighteenth century, Arnaud Maillet reconfigures our historical understanding of visual experience and meaning in relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination. Many are familiar with the Claude glass as a small black convex...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:189095148X
ISBN13:9781890951481
Release Date:April 2009
Publisher:Zone Books
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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