Binding: Paperback
Description: Elegant and multi - focal. Glorious! Simon Garfield It will make you look at specs with fresh eyes New Statesman Lively engaging and admirably wide - ranging The Times Fascinating Observer The humble pair of glasses might just be one of the world's greatest inventions allowing millions to see a world that might otherwise appear a blur. And yet how much do many of us really think about these things perched on the ends of our noses? Through the Looking Glasses traces the fascinating story of spectacles: from their inception as primitive visual aids for monkish scribes right through to today's designer eyewear and the augmented reality of Google Glass. There are encounters with ingenious medieval Italian glassmakers myopic Renaissance rulers and spectacle - makers as well as the silent movie star Harold Lloyd the rock'n'roller Buddy Holly and the full - screen figure of Marilyn Monroe. This is a book about vision and the need for humanity to see clearly and where the impulse to improve our eyesight has led us.
Title: Through The Looking Glasses The Spectacular Life Of Spectacles
Author(s): Elborough Travis
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9780349144115
Pages: 352 Pages, 20 B/W Integrated Pics
Publication Date: 1/30/2024
Category: Fashion & Society