Sabine Melchoir-Bonnet

The Mirror

A History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging and witty cultural history traces the evolution of the mirror from antiquity to the present day, illustrating its journey from wondrous object to ordinary trinket. With its earliest invention, the mirror allowed us to gaze upon ourselves, bestowing a power both fascinating and terrifying.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9780415924481
• ISBN-10: 0415924480
• Artikelnr.: 22293977

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