This major new book provides a concise history of optical media
from Renaissance linear perspective to late twentieth-century
computer graphics. Kittler begins by looking at European painting
since the Renaissance in order to discern the principles according
to which modern optical perception was organized. He also discusses
the development of various mechanical devices, such as the camera
obscura and the laterna magica, which were closely connected to the
printing press and which played a pivotal role in the media war
between the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation.
After examining this history, Kittler then addresses the ways in
which images were first stored and made to move, through the
development of photography and film. He discusses the competitive
relationship between photography and painting as well as between
film and theater, as innovations like the Baroque proscenium or
"picture-frame" stage evolved from elements that would later
constitute cinema. The central question, however, is the impact of
film on the ancient monopoly of writing, as it not only provoked
new forms of competition for novelists but also fundamentally
altered the status of books. In the final section, Kittler examines
the development of electrical telecommunications and electronic
image processing from television to computer simulations.
In short, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the
history of image production that is indispensable for anyone
wishing to understand the prevailing audiovisual conditions of
contemporary culture.
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