3D : history, theory, and aesthetics of the transplane image / Jens Schroeter ; translated by Brigitte Pichon and Dorian Rudnystky ; revised by Jens Schröter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schroeter, Jens, author.

Series:

International texts in critical media aesthetics ; v. 6.

International texts in critical media aesthetics

Standardized Title:

3D. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Imagery (Psychology).

Photography--Psychological aspects.

Photography.

Three-dimensional imaging--History.

Three-dimensional imaging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (501 p.)

Other Title:

Three D

History, theory, and aesthetics of the transplane image

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"There is a blind spot in recent accounts of the history, theory and aesthetics of optical media: namely, the field of the three-dimensional, or trans-plane, image. It has been widely used in the 20th century for very different practices - military, scientific and medical visualization - precisely because it can provide more spatial information. And now in the 21st century, television and film are employing the method even more. Appearing for the first time in English, Jens Schroeter's comprehensive study of the aesthetics of the 3D image is a major scholarly addition to this evolving field. Citing case studies from the history of both technology and the arts, this wide-ranging and authoritative book charts the development in the theory and practice of three-dimensional images. Discussing and analyzing the transformation of the socio-cultural and technological milieu, Schroeter has produced a work of scholarship that combines impressive historical scope with contemporary theoretical arguments."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Preface

Theory - Method

1. Theory, Method, and Outline

1.1. Jonathan Crary's Techniques of the Observer

1.1.1. Charting the Techniques of the Observer

1.1.2. Inconsistencies in Crary's Approach

1.2 Towards an Alternative Model of Media History

1.2.1. Layers - Not Succession

1.2.2. Discontinuity and Continuity: Which Foucault?

1.2.3. The Four Optical Series

1.3 A Short Comment on Optics and Optical Media

1.4. Transplane Images and The Production of Space (Henri Lefebvre) 3D

1.5. Spatial Knowlegde and the Media Aesthetics of Transplane Images

1.6. Summary

Case Studies

2. 1851: Sir David Brewster and the Stereoscopic Reproduction of Sculptures. The Series of Physiological Optics I

3. 1860ff.: Photo-Sculptures. The Series of Virtual Optics I.

Media Aesthetics of Transplane Images I

Karin Sander: PEOPLE 1:10 (1998-2001)

Media Aesthetics of Transplane Images II: THE MATRIX (1999)

4. 1891: Lippmann Photography

The Series of Wave-Optics I

5. 1908ff.: Integral Photography. Lenticular Images

The Series of Geometrical Optics??Usage and Manipulation

Media Aesthetics of Transplane Images III: Mariko Mori: BIRTH OF A STAR (1995)

6. 1935ff. "A People Without Space"? A People With Stereoscopy

Stereoscopy in the Third Reich

The Series of Physiological Optics II

The Politics of Transplane Images I

Media Aesthetics of Transplane Images IV: Thomas Ruff: RUHRGEBIET I (1996)

7. 1918-1935: Media Aesthetics of Transplane Images V:Marcel Duchamp: From Projection to Rotoreliefs

8. 1948ff.: The Volumetric Display.

The Series of Physiological Optics III. The Series of Virtual Optics II.

The Politics of Transplane Images II.

Media Aesthetics of Transplane Images VI and VII:Jenny Holzer: LUSTMORD (1994-1996) and Olafur Eliasson: CONVEX

CONCAVE (1995

2000)

9. 1946ff.: Holography. The Series of Wave Optics II

9.1. Principle, Genesis, Theoretical Reflections of Holography

9.2. The Spatial Knowledge of Holo-Interferometry

9.3. Wave Optics and Simulation of Geometrical Optics: Holographic-Optical

Elements. Optical vs. Visual Media

9.4. Media Aesthetics of Transplane Images VIII.

Artistic Holography: Illusionism, Light and Achronisms

9.5 Results

10. 1960ff.: Repetition and Difference

On the Series of Virtual Optics III.

The Interactive-Transplane Image

11. Conclusion.

Notes:

Translated from German.

Translation of: 3D.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441148162

1441148167

9781628929904

1628929901

9781441129994

1441129995

OCLC:

867928962