Eye Chart by Germano & Professor William The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art & USA
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product Description
Object Lessons is a series of short beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Desert nomads tested their vision by distinguishing a pair of stars. But we have since created more disquieting ways to test the strength of the eyes. Reading the eye chart is an exercise in failure since it only gets interesting when you cannot read any further. It is the opposite of interpretative reading like one does with literature. When you have finished reading an eye chart what exactly have you even read From a Spanish clerics Renaissance guide to testing vision to a Dutch ophthalmologists innovation in optical tech to the witty subversion of the eye chart in advertising and popular culture William Germanos Eye Chart lets people see the eye chart at last. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.show more
Condition : New
Author : Germano Professor William The Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art USA
Weight : 236
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Language : English
EAN : 9781501312342
ISBN10 : 1501312340
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20181101
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 192 Pages 38 Bw Illustrations
Dimensions : 165 X 127 X 16