Mr. Collier's letter racks
Subtitle: a tale of art and illusion at the threshold of the modern information age
By: Dror Wahrman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780199738861
Subjects: Art and society; History; Criticism and interpretation; Trompe l'oeil painting; Newspapers in art
Other titles: Mister Collier's letter racks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: puzzles; title: Print 2.0 c. 1700: a new media regime; title: Life not still; title: The nature of print; title: Marking time; title: Monarchy in the age of mechanical reproduction; title: Eye con; title: A man with an impossible temper; title: Tom, Dick, and Henry; title: The Collier club?; title: Death of the author?; title: Which revolution? or, The memory of Mr. Lory; title: A signature gone wild.