D E V I C E S O F W O N D E RH E W O R L D I.N A BOX TO I M A G E S S C R E E N
Barbara Maria Stafford and Frances TerpakWith an object list by Isotta Poggi
Published by the Getty Research Institute
Contents
vii Acknowledgments
1 Revealing Technologies / Magical DomainsBarbara Maria Stafford
1 The Demon of Analogy6 Cabinet-Instrument
20 Crystalline Machines
30 Domestic Reflections35 Cog-in-a-Box47 Techniques of Epiphany66 Shadow Cave
79 Phantomware90 Bright Oramas
102 Home Appliances109 Cosmos in a Palm
143 Objects and ContextsFrances Terpak
143 The Eye, Natural and Artificial
148 Wunderkammern and Wunderkabinette
158 Display Cabinet with Assemblage165 Selling Natural History172 Lodestones and Magnets180 Hoefnagel
184 Faceted Lenses191 Experiments in the Home197 Imaging the Moon205 Microscopes
215 Solar Microscope220 Zoosemiotics
222 Changing Images235 Anamorphosis248 Anthropomorphic Landscapes252 Blow Book
256 Mirrors
266 Automata (Batteries Not Included)274 The Pantograph and the Writing Automaton
281 The Boxes of Joseph Cornell290 The Shadows of Kara Walker297 Magic Lantern307 Theatre de I'univers
315 Panoramas325 Diorama330 Carmontelle336 Perspective Theaters344 Vues d'optique
354 Images in Motion357 Stereo
362 Light and Virtual Substance
365 List of Objects in the ExhibitionIsotta.
394 Illustration Credits
397 Index