Mr. Collier's Letter Racks A Tale of Art and Illusion at the Threshold of the Modern Information Age |
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Author:
| Wahrman, Dror |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-973886-1 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2012 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $84.50AUD $125.95 |
Book Description:
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Uncovers an artistic puzzle in the illusionist paintings by Edward Collier, a Dutch-British still-life painter who moved to London at the end of the seventeenth century and encoded a sophisticated critique of the information revolution that ushered in the modern information age.
Uncovers an artistic puzzle in the illusionist paintings by Edward Collier, a Dutch-British still-life painter who moved to London at the end of the seventeenth century and encoded a sophisticated critique of the information revolution that ushered in the modern information age.