Image Makers

From Shadow Theatre to Cinema

by Jordi Pons i Busquet
Prologue by Roman Gubern

This volume embarks on a journey through five hundred years of the history of visual spectacles and the technique of images, from Chinese shadow puppets to the advent of cinema. This history is a combination of the passion and obsession of many inventors and scientists who over the centuries have discovered the secrets of the image, and of the fascination of the public, who have contemplated these images...............

Includes: The Power of Images by Roman Gubern. History of Fascination by Jordi Pons i Busquet.

Emerging from the Shadows. The Domain of Light. The Charm of the Lantrern. Fixing the Image of the World. The Image Moves. The Limits of an Alliance. The Race. A Historical Moment: the Lumiere Brothers. Magic Comes to Cinema. The Tools of Cinema. Amateur Cinema. Children's Cinema: Cine Nic. Chronology. Bibliography. Cinema Museum - Tomas Mallol Collection.

17cm x 22cm Paperback. 220 colour pages.
Comprehensive text and descriptions, and a treasurehouse of images.
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