An edition of The Claude Glass (2004)

The Claude Glass

Use and Meaning of the Black Mirror in Western Art

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An edition of The Claude Glass (2004)

The Claude Glass

Use and Meaning of the Black Mirror in Western Art

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"Arnaud Maillet's The Claude Glass is a contribution to the history of Western visual culture. In this first full-length study of a largely forgotten optical device from the eighteenth-century, 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 mirror used by artists and spectators of landscape to reflect a view and make tonal values and areas of light and shade visible. Maillet, in this account, goes well beyond this particular function of the glass and situates it within a richer archaeology of Western thought, exploring the uncertainties and anxieties about mirrors, reflections, and their potential distortions. He takes us from the background of the "black mirror" through a full evaluation of its importance in the age of the picturesque, to its persistence in a range of technological and representational practices such as photography, film, and contemporary art."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Zone Books
Language
English
Pages
300

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The Claude Glass: Use and Meaning of the Black Mirror in Western Art
October 1, 2004, Zone Books
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Classifications

Library of Congress
ND1505 .M3513 2004, ND1505.M35 2004, ND1505 .M35 2004

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
300
Dimensions
9 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
Weight
1.3 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8715725M
Internet Archive
claudeglassuseme00arna
ISBN 10
1890951471
ISBN 13
9781890951474
LCCN
2004049072
OCLC/WorldCat
55016164
Library Thing
1012253
Goodreads
1384013

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