TY - BOOK AU - Stafford,Barbara Maria AU - Terpak,Frances AU - Poggi,Isotta ED - J. Paul Getty Museum. TI - Devices of wonder: from the world in a box to images on a screen SN - 9780892365906 (pbk.) : AV - N72.T4 S73 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Los Angeles, CA PB - Getty Research Institute KW - Art and technology KW - Exhibitions KW - Optical instruments KW - History KW - Visual perception N1 - Catalog of an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum from Nov. 13, 2001 through Feb. 3, 2002; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Revealing Technologies / Magical Domains / Barbara Maria Stafford. The Demon of Analogy. Cabinet-Instrument. Crystalline Machines. Domestic Reflections. Cog-in-a-Box. Techniques of Epiphany. Shadow Cave. Phantomware. Bright Oramas. Home Appliances. Cosmos in a Palm -- Objects and Contexts / Frances Terpak. The Eye, Natural and Artificial. Wunderkammern and Wunderkabinette. Display Cabinet with Assemblage. Selling Natural History. Lodestones and Magnets. Hoefnagel. Faceted Lenses. Experiments in the Home. Imaging the Moon. Microscopes. Solar Microscope. Zoosemiotics. Changing Images. Anamorphosis. Anthropomorphic Landscapes. Blow Book. Mirrors. Automata (Batteries Not Included). The Pantograph and the Writing Automaton. The Boxes of Joseph Cornell. The Shadows of Kara Walker. Magic Lantern. Theatre de l'univers. Panoramas. Diorama. Carmontelle. Perspective Theaters. Vues d'optique. Images in Motion. Stereo. Light and Virtual Substance -- List of Objects in the Exhibition / Isotta Poggi. ER -