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Light touches : cultural practices of illumination, 1800-1900 / Alice Barnaby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnaby, Alice, author.
- Series:
- Directions in cultural history.
- Directions in cultural history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lighting--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Lighting.
- Visual perception--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Visual perception.
- Art and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Art and society.
- Civilization.
- Lighting--Social aspects.
- Visual perception--Social aspects.
- History.
- Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 163 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
- Contents:
- 1 'From these three, light, shade and colour, we construct the visible world' 23
- 2 Muslin: concealing and revealing 46
- 3 Mirrors: reflection, recognition, remediation 71
- 4 Mood lighting: public illuminations 100
- 5 Aesthetics and economics of daylight 120
- 6 'Seeing with vision that feels, feeling with fingers that see' 137.
- Notes:
- Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Exeter, 2009) under the title: Light touches : cultural practises of illumination, London 1780-1840.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415663373
- 0415663377
- 9781315407708
- 1315407701
- OCLC:
- 966464281
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