The Mirror - A History

Zusatztext "An engagingly written work! well worth reading." -- Choice "The Mirror is an amusing jewel of a book! a sparkling reflection of the history of the mirror in Europe! and the role of the mirror in European imagination." -- Los Angeles Times"Presents such facts with erudite relish. The early chapters of The Mirror are a feast of technological information and curious details of European social history." -- The Wall Street Journal"Sabine Melchior-Bonnet has taken the reflective piece of glass and turned it into a unique historical treatise on -- when you boil it down -- why human beings like to look at themselves and what that instinct means." -- Chicago Tribune"Melchior-Bonnet's research-rigorous and vast-reveals much about our most carnal selves! our lust for control over our image! and our most lofty spiritual aspirations." -- The National Post Informationen zum Autor Sabine Melchior-Bonnet is an instructor at the College de France in Paris. This is her first work to be published in English. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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...

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• Authors: Sabine Melchior Bonnet, Sabine Melchior Melchoir-Bonnet Bonnet, Sabine Melchior-Bonnet, Sabine Melchoir-Bonnet, Melchoir-Bonnet Sabine
• Assisted by: Katharine Jewett (Translation), Katharine H. Jewett (Translation), Jewett Katharine (Translation)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.02.2002
• EAN: 9780415924481
• ISBN: 978-0-415-92448-1
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; History: specific events & topics, Cultural Studies, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / General, HISTORY / General, LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Carving, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Forensic Science, Antiques & collectables, History: specific events and topics, Antiques, vintage and collectables, Carving & modelling, moulding & casting, Carving and modelling, moulding and casting