The virtual window
Subtitle: from Alberti to Microsoft
By: Anne Friedberg.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780262062527
Subjects: Image (Philosophy) -- History; Mass media -- Philosophy -- History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-348) and index.