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The Mirror: A History
Sabine Melchior-Bonnet
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Description for The Mirror: A History
paperback. This engaging and witty cultural history traces the evolution of the mirror from antiquity to the present day, illustrating its journey from wondrous object to ordinary trinket. Translator(s): Jewett, Katharine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 line drawings, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; JKVF1; WC; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
This engaging and witty cultural history traces the evolution of the mirror from antiquity to the present day, illustrating its journey from wondrous object to ordinary trinket. With its earliest invention, the mirror allowed us to gaze upon ourselves, bestowing a power both fascinating and terrifying.
This engaging and witty cultural history traces the evolution of the mirror from antiquity to the present day, illustrating its journey from wondrous object to ordinary trinket. With its earliest invention, the mirror allowed us to gaze upon ourselves, bestowing a power both fascinating and terrifying.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415924481
SKU
KTS0036917
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Sabine Melchior-Bonnet
Sabine Melchior-Bonnet is an instructor at the College de France in Paris. This is her first work to be published in English.
Reviews for The Mirror: A History
"An engagingly written work, well worth reading."
Choice "The Mirror is an amusing jewel of a book, a sparkling reflection of the history of the mirror in Europe, and the role of the mirror in European imagination."
LosAngeles Times "Presents such facts with erudite relish. The early chapters of The Mirror are a feast of technological information and curious details of European social history."
The Wall Street Journal "Sabine Melchior-Bonnet has taken the reflective piece of glass and turned it into a unique historical treatise on
when you boil it down
why human beings like to look at themselves and what that instinct means."
ChicagoTribune "Melchior-Bonnet's research-rigorous and vast-reveals much about our most carnal selves, our lust for control over our image, and our most lofty spiritual aspirations."
The National Post
Choice "The Mirror is an amusing jewel of a book, a sparkling reflection of the history of the mirror in Europe, and the role of the mirror in European imagination."
LosAngeles Times "Presents such facts with erudite relish. The early chapters of The Mirror are a feast of technological information and curious details of European social history."
The Wall Street Journal "Sabine Melchior-Bonnet has taken the reflective piece of glass and turned it into a unique historical treatise on
when you boil it down
why human beings like to look at themselves and what that instinct means."
ChicagoTribune "Melchior-Bonnet's research-rigorous and vast-reveals much about our most carnal selves, our lust for control over our image, and our most lofty spiritual aspirations."
The National Post