The Vatican to Vegas

The History of Special Effects

Norman M. Klein

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Transcript Verlag
25 June 2024

Geography

Series: Urban Studies

A guided tour through the nuanced politics of architectural illusion, ?

The Vatican to Vegas? takes the reader from lavish Baroque fantasies of the seventeenth century to the Electronic Baroque of today. The ???scripted spaces??? described by Norman Klein are punctuated with devices widely used in special effects since 1500: shocks, surprise twists, grand fakes and copies. Since its publication 2004, ?

The Vatican To Vegas? has emerged as a classic across many fields, from media, architecture, to the fine arts and urban planning. Its timing was ironic: Klein assumed in 2004 that the future of scripted illusion was about to radically shift. This new edition brings the ironic story up to the present, and into the digitally overwhelmed ???scripted spaces??? of the future.

By: Norman M. Klein
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm,
ISBN: 9783837661699
ISBN 10: 3837661695
Series: Urban Studies
Pages: 520
Publication Date: 25 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Norman M. Klein is a cultural and media historian and a professor in the School of Critical Studies at California Institute of the Arts.