{"product_id":"the-full-length-mirror-a-global-visual-history-hardcover","title":"The Full-Length Mirror: A Global Visual History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWu Hung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully illustrated, a stirring and wide-ranging reflection on art, technology, culture--and the full-length mirror.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book tells two stories about the full-length mirror. One story, through time and space, crisscrosses the globe to introduce a broad range of historical actors: kings and slaves, artists and writers, merchants and craftsmen, courtesans, and commoners. The other story explores the connections among objects, painting, and photography, the full-length mirror providing a new perspective on historical artifacts and their images in art and visual culture. \u003ci\u003eThe Full-Length Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e represents a new kind of global art history in which \"global\" is understood in terms of both geography and visual medium, a history encompassing Europe, Asia, and North America, and spanning over two millennia from the fourth century BCE to the early twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWu Hung\u003c\/b\u003e is the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. His many books include \u003ci\u003eA Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eZooming In: Histories of Photography in China\u003c\/i\u003e, both also published by Reaktion Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.51 x 6.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765849817376,"sku":"9781789146103","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/23df571fe9c18d5fc22f4011599978d7.webp?v=1780281616","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-full-length-mirror-a-global-visual-history-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}