Main entry:

Edensor, Tim, 1957- author.

Title & Author:

From light to dark : daylight, illumination, and gloom / Tim Edensor.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
©2017

Description:

xiv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-239) and index.
Geographies of light and dark -- Light -- Seeing with landscape, seeing with light -- Under the dynamic sky : living and creating with light -- Illumination -- Electric desire : lighting the vernacular and illuminating nostalgia -- Caught in the light : power, inequality, and illumination -- Festivals of illumination : painting and playing with light -- Staging atmosphere : public extravaganzas and domestic designs -- Dark -- Nocturnes : changing meanings of darkness -- The reenchantment of darkness : the pleasures of noir -- The novelty of light and the value of darkness.

ISBN:

9780816694426 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816694427 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816694433 (pb ; alk. paper)
0816694435 (pb ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Light and darkness.
Light.
Light Psychological aspects.
Light art.
Shades and shadows.
Visual perception.
Visual Perception
Lumière.
Lumière Aspect psychologique.
Art de la lumière.
Ombres.
Perception visuelle.
light (energy)
light art.
visual perception.
Tageslicht
Licht
Dunkelheit
Schatten
Beleuchtung
Lichtkunst
Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Psychologie

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295799
Call No.: BIB 242194
Status: Available