Realms of Light
Realms Of Light
Thirty two essays by leading writers in the field present a rich and varied series on a still little known medium, enlivened by over 280 illustrations. The book is organised in four interrelated and overlapping sections, covering the main areas of lantern use, its applications in different cultures, examples of particular use and, finally, the lantern's continued influence after the exaggerated reports of it's 'death' at the end of the nineteenth century. This is an exploration of a fascinating history, but one which emphasises the lantern as a living medium that still plays a role in the culture of today.
Edited by Richard Crangle, Mervyn Heard & Ine van Dooren
286pp, 280 illustrations
Paperback 2005 ISBN 0 951044168
Price £35.00 plus postage
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A Typical Page
SECTION 1: Devices and desires: some themes and strands of lantern history Introduction Now you see it now you don't The magic lantern and the child Traveling by slide Nudes and more The temperance phantasmagoria A word paints a thousand pictures In the eye of the artist
SECTION 2: Projection International: The lantern in different national contexts Introduction Birmingham and the magic lantern Enlightenment and entertainment - the lantern in 18th and early 19th century Madrid The AOUW: or - what collecting lantern slides may turn up The light of wisdom - lanterns and political propaganda in revolutionary France How many American lantern shows in a year? A peep into history The Edwards family visual archive
SECTION 3: People and Places: case studies of the lantern in use Introduction Samuel Reyher of the University of Kiel Entertainment and amusement, education and instruction - lectures at the Royal Polytechnic Institution Paganini's ghost - musical resources of the Royal Polytechnic Institution For kings, princes and nobles - some early uses of the lantern in the world of government M Henry's dissolving views A lantern tour of star-land - the astronomer Robert Ball and his magic lantern lectures Mission accomplished - W T Stead, Charles W Hastings and the Magic Lantern Mission A slice of lantern life - lantern presentations in and around Hastings in early 1881
SECTION 4: The lantern is not dead: lanterns and slides in the 20th century and beyond Introduction Sides for advertising and propaganda The archaeology of lantern slides The wondrous Brenkert Master Brenograph A skull stocker and what it can lead to Hermann at home Little yellow boxes Diascoop re-invents the magic lantern 'What's that' - interpreting the magic lantern for museum visitors Opera on the lantern stage The up-to-date lanternist
