Cubitt, Sean, 1953-

The practice of light : a genealogy of visual technologies from prints to pixels / Sean Cubitt. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color). - Leonardo .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- [black] -- Line -- Surface -- Texture -- Color -- Space -- Shadows -- Layers -- Projection -- Time -- Reflection.

An account of Western visual technologies since the Renaissance traces a history of the increasing control of light's intrinsic excess.



9780262326568 9780262326575


Art and technology.
Visual perception.

ARTS/Art History/General DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/New Media History SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies


Electronic Books.

N72 / .P733 2014