The virtual window : from Alberti to Microsoft / Anne Friedberg.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, 2009Description: xii, 357 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780262512503 (pbk.) :; 0262512505 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Windows | Windows in art | Windows (Computer programs) | Image (Philosophy) | Visual communication | Mass media -- Philosophy -- HistoryDDC classification: 701 Summary: As we spend more time staring at TVs and computers - 'windows' full of moving images, texts, and icons - how the world is framed has become as important as what is in the frame. This book examines the window as metaphor, as architectural component, and as an opening to the dematerialised reality seen on the screen.
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Originally published: 2006.
A title ordered as part of the LoveBooks campaign 2014-2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
As we spend more time staring at TVs and computers - 'windows' full of moving images, texts, and icons - how the world is framed has become as important as what is in the frame. This book examines the window as metaphor, as architectural component, and as an opening to the dematerialised reality seen on the screen.
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