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A history of light the idea of photography / Junko Theresa Mikuriya.
| Author/creator | Mikuriya, Junko Theresa |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017. |
| Description | 176 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Plato's Allegorical Camera-cave -- Plato's Chora and the Uneasy Place of Photography -- Iamblichus's Receptacle of Light -- Photographing the Divine: Philotheos of Batos -- Marsilio Ficino: Light and Photosensitivity. |
| Summary | When was photography invented? In 1826 with the first permanent photograph? If we depart from the technologically oriented accounts and consider photography as a philosophical discourse an alternative history appears, one which examines the human impulse to reconstruct the photogogic or "the evoking of light". The significance of the photagogic throughout the history of ideas is explored via the Platonic Dialogues, Iamblichus' theurgic writings, and Marsilio Ficino's texts. This alternative history is not a replacement of other narratives of photographic history but rather offers a way of rethinking photography's ontological instability.-- Cover page 4. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-168) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017288333 |
| ISBN | 9781474254175 (hb) |
| ISBN | 1474254179 (hb) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |