River of Shadows : Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca

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ISBN
9780670031764
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670031763
ISBN-13
9780670031764
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2322925

Product Key Features

Book Title
River of Shadows : Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Individual Photographers / General, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Photography, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Rebecca Solnit
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-066384
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
778.5/3/092
Table Of Content
CONTENTS The Annihilation of Time and Space * 1 The Man with the Cloudy Skies * 25 Lessons of the Golden Spike * 55 Standing on the Brink * 75 Lost River * 101 A Day in the Life, Two Deaths, More Photographs * 125 Skinning the City * 153 Stopping Time * 177 The Artist in Motion and at Rest * 207 From the Center of the World to the Final Frontier * 239 Chronology 261 Notes 271 Acknowledgments 295 Photograph Credits 297 Index 299
Synopsis
The world as we know it today began in California in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. This extraordinary assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit's brilliant new work of cultural history. Weaving together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art, technology, landscape, and philosophy, Solnit has created a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. During a period of feverish creativity that commenced in 1872, Eadweard Muybridge succeeded for the first time in capturing and reanimating high-speed motion on film-the crucial breakthrough that made movies possible. He also continued his series of breathtaking photographs of the monumental landscape of the American West, served as official photographer of the grueling war against the Modoc Indians, and, in a blaze of publicity, stood trial for the murder of his wife's lover. In Solnit's taut, compelling narrative, Muybridge's life becomes a lens for a larger story about the transformation of time and space in the nineteenth century. With dazzling erudition and a rare mastery of the interlocking histories of art, technology, politics, and commerce, Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of post-Civil War California led directly to the two industries-Hollywood and Silicon Valley-that have most powerfully defined the contemporary world. River of Shadowsis Solnit's most captivating book yet-wide- ranging in its allusions, daring in its connections, always surprising in its conclusions.
LC Classification Number
TR849.M87S55 2003

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