The Art of Spatial Illusion : Immersive Encounters between People, Media, and Place (Hardcover)

PART 1: THE SURFACE??1.?16/17th c. Theaters of the World: Curiosity Cabinets & Whispering Chambers? 2.?18th c. Panoramic Space: Barker and the Re-Representation of Power? 3.?19th c. Panoramic Precision: The Colosseum of Hornor and Parris??PART 2: THE STAGE??4.?Arrival in the Age of Moving Spectacles? 5.?Paris 1900: Spatial Illusions and Immersive Experiences? 6.?Early Cinema: Producing Moving Image Simulations??PART 3: THE INTERFACE??7. Pre-Modern: Spaces of Purpose, Image and Performace??8. Modern: Immersed in Abstract Spaces, Signs and Systems?9. Post-Modern: Sign, Screens and Pixels??CONCLUSION: THE HYBRID??10.?Hybridized Realities: The Rise of Screen Corporeality? 11.?Concluding Remarks