The virtual window : from Alberti to Microsoft / Anne Friedberg.

Title: 
The virtual window : from Alberti to Microsoft / Anne Friedberg.

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Author/Artist: 
Friedberg, Anne.
Publisher: 
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2009.
Description: 
xii, 357 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 
1st MIT Press pbk. ed.
Subjects: 
Image (Philosophy) History.
Mass media Philosophy History.
Windows.
Windows in art.
Windows (Computer programs)
Bib ID: 
121576
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Notes: 
"Examines the window as metaphor, as architectural component, and as an opening to the dematerialized reality framed on the screen, reminding us that how the world is framed is as important as what is in the frame"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: 2006.
ISBN: 
9780262512503 (pbk.)
0262512505 (pbk.)