H. J. Krysmanski   Ingrid Lohmann   Colin MacCabe

WINDOWS

History of a Metaphor

Overview 1 2 3

 


Introduction

Chapter One
The Evolution of the Window

Chapter Two
The Evolution of the Window Metaphor

Chapter Three
Source of Eternal Light: the Gothic Cathedral

Chapter Four
Renaissance: the Appearance of the Screen

Chapter Five
Light on Privacy: the Windows of Jan Vermeer

Chapter Six
Window Dressing: Staging the Theatrical Stage

Chapter Seven
Through the Looking Glass: Virtual Reality in
Victorian England

Chapter Eight
Space and Time: the Epistemology of
Screening and Framing

Chapter Nine
The Eye: Mirror and Window of the Soul

Chapter Ten
The Window Metaphor in Islamic Culture

Chapter Eleven
The Window Metaphor in Buddhism and Confucianism

Chapter Twelve
Walls of Glass: the Essence of Architecture

Chapter Thirteen
Modern Painting: in Defense of the Classical Screen

Chapter Fourteen
‘Peep Show’ and ‘Fensterln’: Folklore of the
Windows Experience

Chapter Fifteen
Window Shopping: the Commodification of Desire

Chapter Sixteen
The Window Metaphor in Modern Science

Chapter Seventeen
Journeys through Space: the Cinema Screen

Chapter Eighteen
Surveillance: Monitoring the Radar Screen

Chapter Nineteen
Archaeology of the Computer Screen

Chapter Twenty
How ‘Windows’ Chanced To Become A
Registered Trade Mark

 

Windows - History of a Metaphor
Overview
Introduction, Chapters 1-5 1
Chapters 6-15 2
Chapters 16-20 3

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