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From light to dark daylight, illumination, and gloom

Title
From light to dark [electronic resource] : daylight, illumination, and gloom / Tim Edensor.
Author
Edensor, Tim, 1957-
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]

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Description
1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
From light to dark (Online)
Alternative Title
From light to dark (Online)
Subject
  • Light and darkness
  • Light
  • Light > Psychological aspects
  • Light art
  • Shades and shadows
  • Visual perception
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-239) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Geographies of light and dark -- Light -- Seeing with landscape, seeing with light -- Under the dynamic sky : living and creating with light -- Illumination -- Electric desire : lighting the vernacular and illuminating nostalgia -- Caught in the light : power, inequality, and illumination -- Festivals of illumination : painting and playing with light -- Staging atmosphere : public extravaganzas and domestic designs -- Dark -- Nocturnes : changing meanings of darkness -- The reenchantment of darkness : the pleasures of noir -- The novelty of light and the value of darkness.
LCCN
2016059304
OCLC
ssj0001767027
Author
Edensor, Tim, 1957-
Title
From light to dark [electronic resource] : daylight, illumination, and gloom / Tim Edensor.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-239) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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