Desarraigo del ojo: evolución del espectador como turista de la imagen en el siglo XIX

Abstract

The current relationship between spectator and image is founded on habits relating to leisure travel. The use of recreational images for the purposes of tourism began in the 19th century, when travel became a popular form of entertainment. The wide variety of visual spectacles staged during the course of the century all share a desire to disconnect the spectator from their environment and give them the sense that they were taking a trip. Nineteenth-century spectacles such as panoramas and dioramas exemplify this metaphor of images as visual transportation. The same can also be said of the current visual ecosystem, particularly in spherical images and virtual reality.