Melchoir-Bonnet The Mirror

A History
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-136-68760-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Melchoir-Bonnet, Sabine

Weitere Mitwirkende

Jewett, Katharine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Hobbies & Spiele

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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