The virtual window: from Alberti to Microsoft.

Published by Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2009

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sewn PAPERBACK, 1-inch tear on right side of cover, diminishing to nothing by 9-pages into book, otherwise very good copy. FRIEDBERG, ANNE. The virtual window: from Alberti to Microsoft. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2009, later printing number line ending in 4, xii, 357pp., . 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. - CONTENTS: The window -- Descartes's window -- The frame -- Heidegger's frame -- The "age of windows" -- Bergson's virtual -- The screen -- Virilio's screen -- The multiple -- Conclusion : the future of Windows : smart glass, streaming portals, and screenless images. ISBN 9780262512503.

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The virtual window: from Alberti to Microsoft.
Author
Friedberg, Anne
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2009
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Soft cover

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