The virtual window : from Alberti to Microsoft / Anne Friedberg.
The virtual window : from Alberti to Microsoft / Anne Friedberg.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
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N701/67
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English
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Physical content
xii, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : the virtual window -- 1. The window -- Lens I : descartes's window -- 2. The frame -- Lens II : Heidegger's frame -- 3. The "age of windows" -- Lens III : Bergson's virtual -- 4. The screen -- Lens IV : Virilio's screen -- 5. The multiple -- Conclusion : the future of windows : smart...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c2006.
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"In this wide-ranging book, Friedberg considers such topics as the framed view of the camera obscura, Le Corbusier's mandates for the architectural window, Eisenstein's opinions on the shape of the movie screen, and the multiple images and nested windows commonly displayed on screens today. The Virtual Window proposes a new logic of visuality, fram...
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The virtual window : from Alberti to Microsoft / Anne Friedberg.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-348) and index.
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c2006.
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N701/67
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74VKJ375Gxgl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJ375Gxgl
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ISBN
9780262062527 (hc : alk. paper)
0262062526 (hc : alk. paper)
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701
MMS ID
991022171279702626
