The mirror : a history

著者

• Melchior-Bonnet, Sabine
• Jewett, Katharine H.

書誌事項

The mirror : a history

Sabine Melchior-Bonnet ; translated by Katharine H. Jewett ; with a preface by Jean Delumeau

Routledge, 2002, c2001

• : pbk

タイトル別名

Histoire du miroir

注記

Originally published in 1994

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-299) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

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

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA5718991X
• ISBN:
  • 0415924480
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: fre
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 308 p.
• 大きさ: 21 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QC385
  • DC21 : 155.9/1
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Mirrors -- History