3D

There is a blind spot in recent accounts of the history theory and aesthetics of optical media: namely the field of the three-dimensional or trans-plane image. It has been widely used in the 20th century for very different practices - military scientific and medical visualization - precisely because it can provide more spatial information. And now in the 21st century television and film are employing the method even more. <br/><br/>Appearing for the first time in English Jens Schroeter's comprehensive study of the aesthetics of the 3D image is a major scholarly addition to this evolving field. Citing case studies from the history of both technology and the arts this wide-ranging and authoritative book charts the development in the theory and practice of three-dimensional images. Discussing and analyzing the transformation of the socio-cultural and technological milieu Schroeter has produced a work of scholarship that combines impressive historical scope with contemporary theoretical arguments.