The Panorama - Couverture souple

Comment, Bernard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1861891237 ISBN 13 : 9781861891235

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2002

Synopsis

Invented in 1788, the panorama reached the height of its popularity at the time of the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Vast circular canvases installed in purpose-built rotundas were designed to be viewed from centrally placed platforms and attracted an admiring public. The aim was to produce a perfect illusion. Thus the relationship between viewer and ‘reality’ underwent a profound mutation, opening up a new logic according to which the world was transformed into a spectacle and images substituted for direct experience. This lavishly illustrated book examines the wide variety of panoramas in both the Old and New Worlds. Included among views of cities are Robert Barker’s View of Edinburgh and Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s View of Palermo, as well as depiction of Paris, Moscow, Jerusalem and Lima; among historical themes, The History of the Century and Battle of Moscow proved especially popular. The author expands his subject to encompass the sister formats of diorama and cineorama.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Bernard Comment, born in Switzerland, lives and works in Paris. He is the author of L'ombre de mémoire (1990), Roland Barthes, vers le neuter (1991) and Allées et venues (1992), which won the Prix Antigone in 1993.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1861891237
• ISBN 13: 9781861891235
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible