03966cam a2200493 a 4500 16196963 BJBSDDR 20260302163033.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 100421s2010 enk rb 001 0 eng 2010278659 9780745640914 (pbk.) 0745640915 (pbk.) 16196963 DLC DLC DLC eng eng ger TR 15 K62o 2010 770.9 Kittler, Friedrich A. (Friedrich Adolf), 1943-2011 44776 Optische Medien. English Optical media : Berlin lectures 1999 / Friedrich Kittler ; translated by Anthony Enns. English edition Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2010. vi, 250 pages ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-236) and index. Introduction: “Friedrich Kittler’s Light Shows” (by John Durham Peters)  Acknowledgements  Preface  1. Theoretical Presuppositions  2. Technologies of the Fine Arts    2.1 Camera Obscura and Linear Perspective     2.1.1 Prehistory       2.1.1.1 Greeks and Arabs     2.1.2 Implementation       2.1.2.1 Brunelleschi       2.1.2.2 Alberti     2.1.3 Impact       2.1.3.1 Perspective and Letterpress       2.1.3.2 The Self‑Printing of Nature       2.1.3.3 Europe’s Colonial Power   2.2 Laterna Magica and the Age of the World Picture     2.2.1 Magic Lanterns in Action     2.2.2 Implementation     2.2.3 Impact       2.2.3.1 Propaganda       2.2.3.2 Heidegger’s “Age of the World Picture”       2.2.3.3 Jesuits and Optical Media       2.2.3.4 Travelling People       2.2.3.5 Jesuit Churches       2.2.3.6 Jesuit Theatre   2.3 Enlightenment and Image War     2.3.1 Brockes     2.3.2 Phenomenology from Lambert to Hegel     2.3.3 Ghost-Seers       2.3.3.1 Schiller       2.3.3.2 Hoffmann     2.3.4 Romantic Poetry  3. Optical Media    3.1 Photography     3.1.1 Prehistory     3.1.2 Implementation       3.1.2.1 Niépce and Daguerre       3.1.2.2 Talbot     3.1.3 Painting and Photography: A Battle for the Eyeballs   3.2 Film     3.2.1 Preludes     3.2.2 Implementation       3.2.2.1 Marey and Muybridge     3.2.3 Silent Film     3.2.4 Sound Film     3.2.5 Color Film   3.3 Television  4. Computers  Scribd Bibliography  Index  Optical Media presents a sweeping overview of the evolution of visual media—from the techniques of Renaissance painting to the machinery of digital image production. Friedrich Kittler explores how optical perception has been shaped by innovations such as linear perspective, the camera obscura, and the magic lantern. He delves into the interplay between photography and painting, the rise of cinema, television, and, ultimately, the digital computer. Throughout, Kittler examines how these media technologies have transformed not only visual culture, but also the broader relationships between text, image, and communication in modern society. Translation of: Optische Medien. Photography History. Fotografía Historia 19214 Historia de la fotografía 47277 Theater History. Teatro Historia 2578 Enns, Anthony. 44777 translator 7 cbc origres 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK LLH 125063 125063 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-09-04 0 TR 15 K62o 2010 00000193921 2025-09-04 20:58:00 1 2025-09-04 BK