The Great Art of Light and Shadow: Archaeology of the Cinema
- Format:
- Book
- Year:
- 2014
- Publisher:
- Exeter University Press
- Place published:
- Bristol
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- Abstract:
The dream of being able to project moving illuminated images on a wall or screen is almost as old, in the history of humanity, as the dream of flight. The Great Art of Light and Shadow encompasses, among other devices, the "invention" and early years of the magic lantern in the seventeenth century, the peepshows and perspective views of the eighteenth century, and the many weird and wonderful nineteenth–century attempts to recreate visions of real life in different ways and forms. Along the way these include the panorama and diorama, early photography, stereography and numerous optical toys...
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- Number of Pages:
- 578
- ISBN:
- 97808598991850859899187