On reflection / Jonathan Miller ; [editor, Valerie Mendes].
On reflection / Jonathan Miller ; [editor, Valerie Mendes].
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : National Gallery Publications ; [New Haven, Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, c1998.
Call Numbers
NQ701.8/10
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Neil MacGregor -- Light and lustre -- Highlights -- Reflective glass -- Shading and shining -- Virtual surfaces -- Looking at and looking through -- Seeing backwards -- Invisible mirrors -- Self-recognition -- Self-regard -- Self-representation -- The camera as mirror -- Self-assertion --...
Publication information
Publisher
London : National Gallery Publications ; [New Haven, Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, c1998.
Analytical title
Mirror image : Jonathan Miller on reflection.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c1998.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In this innovative book, published to accompany the exhibition Mirror Image at the National Gallery, London, Jonathan Miller discusses these puzzling questions and investigates the pictorial representation of reflection - 'sheen, shine, glimmer and gleam' - through a wonderfully varied selection of paintings and photographs, covering nine centuries...
Alternative Titles
Full title
On reflection / Jonathan Miller ; [editor, Valerie Mendes].
Variant title
Mirror image : Jonathan Miller on reflection.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
"Published to accompany an exhibition entitled Mirror image: Jonathan Miller on reflection, at the National Gallery, London, 16 September-13 December 1998"--T.p. verso.
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-215) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1998.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
NQ701.8/10
Record Identifier
74VvRj6yx42b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvRj6yx42b
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ISBN
1857092368
9780300077131
0300077130
9781857092363 (hardback)
1857092368 (hardback)
9781857092370 (pbk.)
1857092376 (pbk.)
9780300077131 (back cover)
0300077130 (back cover)
9781857092363
DDC
701.8
MMS ID
991009203239702626
