Human Eye

Human Eye
Author: Dudgeon Robert Ellis
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1901
Genre:
ISBN: 9780243761692

The Victorian Eye

The Victorian Eye
Author: Chris Otter
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2008-11-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0226640787

During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. How did such enormous changes in the way people saw and were seen affect Victorian culture? To answer that question, Chris Otter mounts an ambitious history of illumination and vision in Britain, drawing on extensive research into everything from the science of perception and lighting technologies to urban design and government administration. He explores how light facilitated such practices as safe transportation and private reading, as well as institutional efforts to collect knowledge. And he contends that, contrary to presumptions that illumination helped create a society controlled by intrusive surveillance, the new radiance often led to greater personal freedom and was integral to the development of modern liberal society. The Victorian Eye’s innovative interdisciplinary approach—and generous illustrations—will captivate a range of readers interested in the history of modern Britain, visual culture, technology, and urbanization.

Cataract

Cataract
Author: James Compton Burnett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1889
Genre: Cataract
ISBN:

The Human Eye

The Human Eye
Author: Robert Ellis Dudgeon
Publisher: Scholar's Choice
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2015-02-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781296077891

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