Kittler begins by looking at european painting since the renaissance in order to discern the principles according to. His family fled with him to west germany in 1958, where from 1958 to 1963 he went to a natural sciences and modern languages gymnasium in lahr in the black forest, and thereafter, until 1972, he studied german studies, romance philology and philosophy at the albert ludwigs university of freiburg in freiburg im breisgau. He begins by looking at european painting since the renaissance in order to discern the principles according to which modern optical perception was organised. Optical media is the most engaging and accessible of friedrich kittler s books. Friedrich kittler the history of communication media. As friedrich kittler has shown in optical media, there is a historical tendency to employ technical media as models or metaphors for imagining the human or the soul. Optical media provides an accessible introduction to the media theory of kittlers middle period as it applies primar ily to the optical realm. It is breezy, has an offthecuff tone, and is generally free of the distinctive, pithy, and forbidding prose style that is sometimes called kittlerdeutsch.
A short introduction to ideas in the first chapter of friedrich kittlers optical media. His research focused on technical media technischen medien and cultural techniques kulturtechniken. Gladwell and mckenna are better writers and theorists. Kittler remarks that the development of new media does not make old media obsolete, but rather reassigns the old media to other places.
This major new book provides a concise history of optical media from renaissance linear perspective to late twentiethcentury computer graphics. He begins by looking at european painting since the renaissance in order to discern the principles according. Friedrich kittlers light shows john durham peters optical media may be friedrich kittlers best book for the uniniti ated. Kittler optische medien pdf get this from a library. Kittler also discusses the development of various mechanical devices, like. Optical media may be friedrich kittlers best book for the uniniti ated. Poststructuralist media theory the landscape of media studies is often divided, for better or worse, along broad linguisticgroups centered on anglophone, french, and german traditions. The rationale for this, while never stated explicitly, is that optical media are those that create images that do not disappear in. As such, it bridges the gap between kittlers discourse analysis of the 1980s and his.
Featured audio all audio latest this just in grateful dead netlabels old time radio 78 rpms and cylinder recordings. Gramophobe you like books and love to build cool products, we may be looking for you. Friedrich kittler is influential in the new approach to media theory that grew popular starting in the s, new media german. Optical media may be friedrich kittler s best book for the uniniti ated. A concise history of optical media from renaissance linear perspective to late twentiethcentury computer graphics. Kittler friedrich optical media pdf martin heidegger. As the official reason for this revolution the argument was pressed into service that, in large nationstates, only chappes optical. It starts out with a clear presentation of kittlersmediatheoretical premises and then offers a fascinating tour through the history of storing, manipulating and projecting light. Communication media, see kittler, 1996 rather than the technologies of television pp. Kittler, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Review article of optical media, by friedrich kittler, translated by anthony enns cambridge. Kittlers theory shies away from the frankfurt school and hermeneutics of gadamer and habermas, the dominant literary scientific frameworks in germany of the 1970s and 80s. Friedrich kittler 19432011 was a literary and media scientist medienwissenschaftler. In the case of printing, this new media made copying books easier and faster, and allowed for easier data processing by numbering pages and having identical copies of the same edition of a particular book. Friedrich kittler the history of communication media introduction.
Optical media provides an accessible introduction to the media theory of kittler s middle period as it applies primar. Slightly anachronistically kittler transposes this as a model to understand media history. Friedrich kittler s lecture series provides a concise history of optical media from renaissance linear perspective to late twentiethcentury computer graphics. Pdf download kittler and the media free ebooks pdf. Gramophone, film, typewriter is, among other things, a continuation as well as a detailed elaboration of the second part of the authors discourse networks, 18001900 stanford, 1990. Kittlers chief interest in sound, music, and above all time takes a back seat here. Friedrich adolf kittler was born in 1943 in rochlitz in saxony. The rationale for this, while never stated explicitly, is that optical media are those that create images that do not disappear in the communication chain or into the. Kittler sees an autonomy in technology and therefore disagrees with marshall mcluhan s reading of the media as extensions of man. Optical media provides an accessible introduction to the media theory of kittlers middle period as it applies primar. Chapter 1 was first published in english in new literary history 39, no.
Detailed accounts of the ruptures brought about by the differentiation of media and communication technologies. Optical media is in that sense readerfriendly if kittler ever is that it takes as its clear methodological point of departure shannons communication theory. In the age of handwriting and of the printing press, all forms of writing are bound up in a symbolic universe which in its most basic. This book belongs on any reading list in media studies, and should be essential for anyone interested in the intersections of comparative literature. This video introduces friedrich kittlers most influential concept, the discourse network. Kittler begins by looking at european painting since the renaissance in order to discern the principles according to which modern optical perception was organized. He also discusses the development of various mechanical devices, such as the camera. Kittler gramophone pdf gramophone, film, typewriter. Friedrich kittlers lecture series provides a concise history of optical media from renaissance linear perspective to late twentiethcentury computer graphics.
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