Virtual Art : From Illusion to Immersion

Grau, Oliver. Virtual Art : From Illusion to Immersion. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.

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Abstract (English)

In this book, Grau brings an historical understanding to a seemingly new medium by defining virtuality as an illusory, immersive environment, from the frescoed rooms of antiquity, Baroque churches, and panoramas of the 19th century to contemporary virtual art. Drawing parallels between eras, he sketches in the social structure in which these works are located, and underscores the ideology operative behind works of such convincing verisimilitude. Bibliography 50 p. Author and subject indexes.

Types: Monographs
All Contributors: Grau, Oliver (Author)
Dossier: 700 - ART ET TECHNOLOGIE / ART AND TECHNOLOGY
Collation: xiv, 416 p. : 88 ill. ; 24 x 19 cm. - (Leonardo)
ISBN: 0262072416
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Artists: Art + Com; Bec, Louis; Benayoun, Maurice; Davies, Charlotte; Goldberg, Ken; Hegedues, Agnes; Fleischmann, Monika; Kac, Eduardo; Knowbotic Research; Lintermann, Bernd; Mignonneau, Laurent; Naimark, Michael; Plewe, Daniela; Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw; Sermon, Paul; Shaw, Jeffrey; Simon, Penny; Sims, Karl; Sommerer, Christa; Strauss, Wolfgang; Terzopoulos, Demetri
Keywords: ART AND TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY; ART AND POLITICS; ART AND SOCIETY; ART HISTORY; BAROQUE; BODY; CHURCH; CINEMA; EVOLUTION; FILM; FRESCO PAINTING; INTERACTIVE MEDIA; LANDSCAPE; MATERIALISM; MEMORY; PAINTING; PHILOSOPHY; SPACE; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; ART AND SCIENCE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; BATTLEFIELD; COMPUTER ART; CYBERNETICS; CYBERSPACE; DEMOCRACY; DIGITAL ART; DISTANCE; ELECTRONIC ART; FUTURISM; IDEOLOGY; ILLUSION; IMAGE; IMMERSION; IMPRESSIONISM; INTERFACE; MEDIA; MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE; OBSERVER; PANORAMA; PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY; PROPAGANDA; REALITY; STEREOSCOPE; TELEPRESENCE; UTOPIA; VIRTUAL ART; BATHURST JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE (Toronto)
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Date Deposited: 08 Oct 2003
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2012 21:54
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/16056
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