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RIVER OF SHADOWS: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West.
de Solnit, Rebecca
- Usado
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- Estado
- Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages) .
- ISBN 10
- 0142004103
- ISBN 13
- 9780142004104
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Sobre este artículo
New York:: Penguin,, (2004). SIGNED -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages) .. Trade paperback. Through the story of the pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, Solnit explores what how California in the late 19th-century was already changing in a a way that led to the technological and cultural innovations of the 20th century. This book "weaves together biography, history, and insights into art and technology to create a portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridge - who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically - becomes a lens for a larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life."SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and the Mark Lynton History Prize. Illustrated with photographs. Chronology, notes, index. 305 pp.
Sinopsis
The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit’s new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridge—who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically—becomes a lens for a larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life. Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of post–Civil War California led directly to the two industries—Hollywood and Silicon Valley—that have most powerfully defined contemporary society.
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- Título
- RIVER OF SHADOWS: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West.
- Autor
- Solnit, Rebecca
- Formato/Encuadernación
- SIGNED -
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near fine in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages) .
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0142004103
- ISBN 13
- 9780142004104
- Editorial
- Penguin,
- Lugar de publicación
- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- (2004)
- Palabras clave
- biography, photography, americana, National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, Mark Lynton History Prize, women authors
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- California;
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