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Time machines : telegraphic images in nineteenth-century France / Richard Taws.
Fine Arts Library N8251.T325 T39 2024
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- 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:
- 388 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Taws, Richard, 1977- Time machines
- ISBN:
- 9780262049184
- 026204918X
- OCLC:
- 1433657179
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