Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View

by Alison Griffiths

Book Overview

From the architectural spectacle of the medieval cathedral and the romantic sublime of the nineteenth-century panorama to the techno-fetishism of today's London Science Museum, humans have gained a deeper understanding of the natural world through highly illusionistic representations that engender new modes of seeing, listening, and thinking. What unites and defines many of these wondrous spaces is an immersive view-an invitation to step inside...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231129890
• ISBN13: 9780231129893
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.0" x 6.9"