Sabine Melchoir-Bonnet: The Mirror

Cover: 9780415924481 | The Mirror | A History | Sabine Melchoir-Bonnet | Taschenbuch | 2002

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

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

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2002
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780415924481
ISBN-10:	0415924480
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Melchoir-Bonnet, Sabine
Hersteller:	Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Sabine Melchoir-Bonnet
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.02.2002
Gewicht:	0,469 kg