Light Touches: Cultural Practices of Illumination, 1800-1900

By Alice Barnaby

Book Overview

Light Touches: Cultural Practices of Illumination, 1800-1900 explores how urban lives in the nineteenth century were increasingly touched by innovations in the technologies and aesthetics of illumination. Dramatic changes in qualities of light - and darkness -　became acutely palpable to the human sensorium; using, seeing, feeling, and being in l

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367595788
• ISBN13: 9780367595784
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"