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Time machines : telegraphic images in nineteenth-century France / Richard Taws.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taws, Richard, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Optical telegraph in art.
- Optical telegraph.
- Art and society--France--History--19th century.
- Art and society.
- Art and technology--France--History--19th century.
- Art and technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Other Title:
- Telegraphic images in nineteenth-century France
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Time Machines examines the relationship between art and technology in the decades following the French Revolution, focusing on optical telegraphy, a novel form of visual communication developed in the 1790s that remained in use until the mid-1850s"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The compass of time
- Revolutionary horizons
- Lines in sand
- Paris in code
- When I was a telegrapher
- The machine stops.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 14, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Taws, Richard, 1977- Time machines
- ISBN:
- 9780262379687
- 0262379686
- 9780262379694
- 0262379694
- OCLC:
- 1433658207
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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