Contemporary Views on Emerging Visual Technology
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English 2
Author Arthur C. Clarke once said "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Citizens of the nineteenth century took this view when Louis Daguerre invented the daguerreotype.
Edgar Allan Poe was one such intellectual who was captivated and enchanted by the daguerreotype.
The majority of the authors in the Norton Critical Edition of The Hosue of Seven Gables communicate positive opinions about the daguerreotype.
The invention of the daguerreotype in the mid nineteenth century spelled a major advancement in visual technology because people no longer needed to rely on painters to record portraits and landscapes through time.
English 2
Contemporary Views on Emerging Visual Technology
Author Arthur C. Clarke once said "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Citizens of the nineteenth century took this view when Louis Daguerre invented the daguerreotype.
Edgar Allan Poe was one such intellectual who was captivated and enchanted by the daguerreotype.
The majority of the authors in the Norton Critical Edition of The Hosue of Seven Gables communicate positive opinions about the daguerreotype.
The invention of the daguerreotype in the mid nineteenth century spelled a major advancement in visual technology because people no longer needed to rely on painters to record portraits and landscapes through time.
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