Sabine Melchoir-Bonnet

The Mirror

A History
Übersetzer: Jewett, Katharine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging cultural history traces the evolution of the mirror from antiquity to the present day, showing its journey from miraculous wonder to commonplace object.

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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 148mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780415924474
• ISBN-10: 0415924472
• Artikelnr.: 21151042

Autorenporträt

Sabine Melchior-Bonnet is an instructor at the College de France in Paris. This is her first work to be published in English.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: The Origin of the Mirror Chapter 1: The Secret of Venice Chapter
2: The Royal Glass and Mirror and Glass Company Chapter 3: From Luxury to
Necessity Part Two: The Magic of Resemblance Chapter 4: In the Semblance of
God Chapter 5: The Triumph of Mimesis Chapter 6: Staring at the Self in
Order to Imagine the Self Part Three: Troubling Strangeness Chapter 7: The
Devil's Distorted Faces Chapter 8: Oblique Mirrors and Specular Trickery
Chapter 9: Mirror Fragments Conclusion