Schröter Jens. 3D: History, Theory and Aesthetics of the Transplane Image

Bloomsbury Academic, 2014. — 501 p. — (International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics Volume 06). — ISBN 978-1-4411-2999-4.There is a blind spot in recent accounts of the history, theory and aesthetics of optical media: namely, the field of the three-dimensional, or trans-plane, image. It has been widely used in the 20th century for very different practices - military, scientific and medical visualization - precisely because it can provide more spatial information. And now in the 21st century, television and film are employing the method even more.Appearing for the first time in English, Jens Schroeter's comprehensive study of the aesthetics of the 3D image is a major scholarly addition to this evolving field. Citing case studies from the history of both technology and the arts, this wide-ranging and authoritative book charts the development in the theory and practice of three-dimensional images. Discussing and analyzing the transformation of the socio-cultural and technological milieu, Schroeter has produced a work of scholarship that combines impressive historical scope with contemporary theoretical arguments.Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
Outline
Case Studies
1851: Sir David Brewster and the stereoscopic reproduction of sculptures
Since 1860: Photo sculpture
1891: Lippmann photography
Since 1908: Integral photography/lenticular images
1935–1945: ‘People without space’—people with spatial images
1918–1935: Marcel Duchamp: From projection to rotorelief
Since 1948: The volumetric display
Since 1948: Holography
Since 1960: Repetition and difference: The interactive-transplane image
Conclusions
2013: Resume