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Book SynopsisSince their inception, museums of science and natural history have mixed education and entertainment to incredible, eye-opening effect. Focusing on several historical case studies, this work explores the uncanny and unforgettable impact of the panorama, planetarium, IMAX theater, and the medieval cathedral on the spectator.
Trade ReviewThis is a scholarly, in-depth study of an important aspect of museum exhibitions today... Highly recommended. Choice With this volume, Griffiths has established herself as one of the most ambitious scholars now straddling the various fields that comprise visual studies. -- Randolph Lewis Museum Anthropology Review Beautifully illustrated... fascinating... engaging. -- Malgorzata Rymsza-Pawlowska Technology and Culture
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction Part I. From Cathedral to IMAX Screen: Case Studies in Immersive Spectatorship 1. Immersive Viewing and the "Revered Gaze" 2. Spectacle and Immersion in the Nineteenth-Century Panorama 3. Expanded Vision IMAX Style: Traveling as Far as the Eye Can See 4. "A Moving Picture of the Heavens": Immersion in the Planetarium Space Show Part II. Museums and Screen Culture: Immersion and Interactivity Over Centuries 5. Back to the (Interactive) Future: The Legacy of the Nineteenth-Century Science Museum 6. From Daguerreotype to IMAX Screen: Multimedia and IMAX at the Smithsonian Institution 7. Film and Interactive Media in the Museum Gallery: From "Roto-Radio" to Immersive Video 8. Conclusion Notes Filmography Bibliography Index
