Glasses
$20.90
- Paperback
152 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2026
Summary
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Glasses are among the oldest and most commonplace prosthetics we have invented. But what does it mean to wear glasses? There is more to the answer than correcting vision. Glasses alter, enhance, and shield the way that we view the world, and the way the world sees us.
Everyone has encounters with glasses, passively or actively, from reading glasses to sunglasses. At times…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798765135556 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Adam Geczy |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 120mm x 162mm |
| Series: | Object Lessons |
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Critics Review
Glasses offers an insightful and engaging reflection on optics as aesthetics, asking what it means to look, and to be looked at, through and within lenses. With clarity and ease, it explores how glasses shape not only what we see but how we are seen. Sharp, focused, and full of vision. * Ania Malinowska, author of Cutting up Books: A Wrting Method in Critical Thinking (2026) *
A brisk pop meditation and manifesto, Adam Geczy’s Glasses finds the poetry in prosthesis. As an unrepentant four-eyed nerd myself, I loved it. * Jessica Glasscock, author of Making a Spectacle: A Fashionable History of Eyewear (2021) *
Geczy weaves facts about and references to glasses in history, literature, cinema, fashion and popular culture….Whether your own specs are a sometimes-accessory or a lifeline, you’re sure to find something fascinating in this book. * Hippocampus Magazine *
Adam Geczy
Adam Geczy is an artist and writer who teaches at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published over thirty books on topics ranging across art, fashion, and comics.
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