{"id":13650,"date":"2012-02-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/prodotto\/la-tombee-de-la-nuit-2\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T12:59:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T12:59:33","slug":"la-tombee-de-la-nuit-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/p\/la-tombee-de-la-nuit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 la tomb\u00e9e de la nuit\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the dawn of time, man has used all his ingenuity to find a way to prolong his days after sunset. After who knows how many experiments we have in the prehistoric remains of Lascaux the first timid signs of man\u2019s successful control of fire. During the second millennium BC he perfected an artefact designed specifically to illuminate his surroundings, the lamp. Of all the essential tools used in daily life, the lamp is the only one that goes far beyond its merely utilitarian function. Swathed in myths, sometimes a legend in itself, the lamp is in most societies a link between man and the gods, between the material and the spiritual.<br \/>\n<em>\u00e0\u20ac la tomb\u00e9e de la nuit. Art et histoire de l\u2019\u00e9clairage<\/em>, illustrated with wonderful photographs, highlights the lamp\u2019s multifarious functions and examines a vast number of curious and ancient objects made with a wide range of materials.<br \/>\nPage after page, this book describes the daily, spiritual and professional life of mankind in relation to illumination\u2013not to mention the festivals made possible by the availability of a source of light.The inventions discussed are endless and range from pyrotechnics to the magic lantern, the forerunner of the cinema.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laurent Chrzanovski<\/strong> is an archaeologist specializing in ancient and medieval lighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the dawn of time, man has used all his ingenuity to find a way to prolong his days after sunset. After who knows how many experiments we have in the prehistoric remains of Lascaux the first timid signs of man\u2019s successful control of fire. During the second millennium BC he perfected an artefact designed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13627,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[51,46],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13650","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-ancient-art","7":"product_cat-archaeology","8":"disponibilita-si","9":"description-off","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/13650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=13650"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=13650"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fivecontinentseditions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=13650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}