D E V I C E S O F W O N D E RH E W O R L D I.N A BOX TO I M A G E S S C R E E N

Barbara Maria Stafford and Frances TerpakWith an object list by Isotta Poggi

Published by the Getty Research Institute

Contents

vii Acknowledgments

1 Revealing Technologies / Magical DomainsBarbara Maria Stafford

1 The Demon of Analogy6 Cabinet-Instrument

20 Crystalline Machines

30 Domestic Reflections35 Cog-in-a-Box47 Techniques of Epiphany66 Shadow Cave

79 Phantomware90 Bright Oramas

102 Home Appliances109 Cosmos in a Palm

143 Objects and ContextsFrances Terpak

143 The Eye, Natural and Artificial

148 Wunderkammern and Wunderkabinette

158 Display Cabinet with Assemblage165 Selling Natural History172 Lodestones and Magnets180 Hoefnagel

184 Faceted Lenses191 Experiments in the Home197 Imaging the Moon205 Microscopes

215 Solar Microscope220 Zoosemiotics

222 Changing Images235 Anamorphosis248 Anthropomorphic Landscapes252 Blow Book

256 Mirrors

266 Automata (Batteries Not Included)274 The Pantograph and the Writing Automaton

281 The Boxes of Joseph Cornell290 The Shadows of Kara Walker297 Magic Lantern307 Theatre de I'univers

315 Panoramas325 Diorama330 Carmontelle336 Perspective Theaters344 Vues d'optique

354 Images in Motion357 Stereo

362 Light and Virtual Substance

365 List of Objects in the ExhibitionIsotta.

394 Illustration Credits

397 Index