{"product_id":"from-light-to-dark-9780816694426","title":"From Light to Dark","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating and unprecedented look at how illumination and darkness shape our experiences across history and space\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Illumination is one of the aspects of life that has become so obvious we have stopped noticing it. In this innovative and illuminating book, Tim Edensor provides an elegant and necessary account of light and dark, their role in the production of everyday life, the stories we tell about them, and the emotions they engender.  He has performed a key task of any critical thinker—taking the obvious and making it visible again.\"—Tim Cresswell, Trinity College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The wealth of sources and documents one finds in \u003ci\u003eFrom Light to Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the great merits of the book.\"—\u003ci\u003eLeonardo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With many such insights and many more examples of the ways in which we may reframe the scholarship of modern perception and sensory experience, \u003ci\u003eFrom Light to Dark\u003c\/i\u003e certainly deserve[s] further attention.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Design History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Geographies of Light and Dark\u003cbr\u003ePart I. Light\u003cbr\u003e1. Seeing with Landscape, Seeing with Light\u003cbr\u003e2. Under the Dynamic Sky: Living and Creating with Light\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Illumination\u003cbr\u003e3. Electric Desire: Lighting the Vernacular and Illuminating Nostalgia\u003cbr\u003e4. Caught in the Light: Power, Inequality, and Illumination\u003cbr\u003e5. Festivals of Illumination: Painting and Playing with Light\u003cbr\u003e6. Staging Atmosphere: Public Extravaganzas and Homely Designs\u003cbr\u003ePart III. Dark\u003cbr\u003e7. Nocturnes: Changing Meanings of Darkness\u003cbr\u003e8. The Re-enchantment of Darkness: The Pleasures of Noir\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Novelty of Light and the Value of Darkness\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405975658839,"sku":"9780816694426","price":70.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816694426.jpg?v=1730494113","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-light-to-dark-9780816694426","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}