Techniques of the observer : on vision and modernity in the nineteenth century / Jonathan Crary.

Main entry:

Crary, Jonathan.

Title & Author:

Techniques of the observer : on vision and modernity in the nineteenth century / Jonathan Crary.

Publication:

Description:

171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

October books

Notes:
"An October book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index.
Modernity and the problem of the observer -- The camera obscura and its subject -- Subjective vision and the separation of the senses -- Techniques of the observer -- Visionary abstraction.
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Summary:

This text considers the problem of visuality not through the study of art works and images, but by analyzing the historical construction of the observer. The author insists that the problems of vision are inseparable from the operation of social power and examines how, beginning in the 1820s, the observer became the site of new discourses and practices that situated vision within the body as a physiological event. In this context, he examines a range of diverse work in philosophy, in the empirical sciences, and in the elements of an emerging mass visual culture.

ISBN:

0262031698
9780262031691
0262531070 (pbk.)
9780262531078 (pbk.)

Subject:

Visual perception.
Art, Modern 19th century Themes, motives.
Art and society History 19th century.
Visual Perception
PPK Látás
PPK
PPK Technikatörténet
Perception visuelle.
Art 19e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Art et société Histoire 19e siècle.
visual perception.
Percepción visual
Arte S.XIX Temas
Arte y sociedad S.XIX
Art and society
Art, Modern Themes, motives
Kultur
Kunst
Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Beeldende kunsten.
Modernisme (cultuur)
Visuele waarneming.
Art 19e siècle.
Art Aspect social 19e siècle.
Visual arts Visual perception History

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

October books.

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Location: Library main 58415
Call No.: ID:90-B6777
Status: Available

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