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The Claude glass : use and meaning of the black mirror in western art / Arnaud Maillet ; translated by Jeff Fort.
Fine Arts Library ND1505 .M3513 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maillet, Arnaud.
- Standardized Title:
- Miroir de Claude. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Claude glasses.
- Landscape painting--Technique.
- Landscape painting.
- Reflection (Optics).
- Physical Description:
- 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Zone Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- A study of a largely forgotten optical device and its relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1890951471
- OCLC:
- 55016164
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