The Claude Glass: Use and Meaning of the Black Mirror in Western Art

Afterimage, Jan-Feb, 2005

The Claude Glass

Use and Meaning of the Black Mirror in Western Art

Arnaud Maillet, translated by Jeff Fort

A study of a largely forgotten optical device and its relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination.

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