H. J. Krysmanski Ingrid Lohmann Colin MacCabe
WINDOWS
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History of a Metaphor
Chapter One
The Evolution of the WindowChapter Two
The Evolution of the Window MetaphorChapter Three
Source of Eternal Light: the Gothic CathedralChapter Four
Renaissance: the Appearance of the ScreenChapter Five
Light on Privacy: the Windows of Jan VermeerChapter Six
Window Dressing: Staging the Theatrical StageChapter Seven
Through the Looking Glass: Virtual Reality in
Victorian EnglandChapter Eight
Space and Time: the Epistemology of
Screening and FramingChapter Nine
The Eye: Mirror and Window of the SoulChapter Ten
The Window Metaphor in Islamic CultureChapter Eleven
The Window Metaphor in Buddhism and ConfucianismChapter Twelve
Walls of Glass: the Essence of ArchitectureChapter Thirteen
Modern Painting: in Defense of the Classical ScreenChapter Fourteen
‘Peep Show’ and ‘Fensterln’: Folklore of the
Windows ExperienceChapter Fifteen
Window Shopping: the Commodification of DesireChapter Sixteen
The Window Metaphor in Modern ScienceChapter Seventeen
Journeys through Space: the Cinema ScreenChapter Eighteen
Surveillance: Monitoring the Radar ScreenChapter Nineteen
Archaeology of the Computer ScreenChapter 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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