print email comment close Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen URL: http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/devices/choice.html Description: "Discover the surprising and seductive ancestors of modern cinema, cyborgs, computers, and other optical devices" in this Getty Museum exhibition. Connecting to this eclectic array of amusements, dating from the 17th century up to the present, is a fascinating and suitably modern way to observe the links between new technologies and the entertainments of centuries ago. Relic-like names such as "thaumatrope," "physionotrace," and "wunderkammer" add an otherworldliness to these automata, games, and visual diversions. Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum Extra Keywords kgsfix Library of Congress Subject Headings: Art and technology Optical instruments Visual perception LII Database Information: Record 18631 created by Douglas Smith on 11/26/2001 Last modification on 12/27/2002 Published: 11/26/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/18631