Photography: A Cultural History - Brossura

Marien, Mary Warner

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ISBN 10: 0205708005 ISBN 13: 9780205708000

Casa editrice: Pearson College Div, 2010

Riassunto

For one or two semester courses in the History of Photography.

Mary Warner Marien has constructed a richer and more kaleidoscopic account of the history of photography than has previously been available. Her comprehensive survey shows compellingly how photography has sharpened, if not altered forever, our perception of the world.

The book was written to introduce students to photography. It does not require that students possess any technical know-how and can be taught without referring to techniques in photography. Incorporating the latest research and international uses of photography, the text surveys the history of photography in such a way that students can gauge the medium's long-term multifold developments and see the historical and intellectual contexts in which photographers lived and worked. It also provides a unique focus on contemporary photo-based work and electronic media.

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Recensione:

‘Here is the history we’ve been waiting for ... erudite and entertaining ... she shows how pictures really did change the world. Her shrewd selection of over 600 fascinating photos (many in color) illustrate a history that meets the ultimate test: open to any page and you’re hooked ... and it’s free from tormenting academic jargon.’ Camera Arts

L'autore:

Mary Warner Marien is a professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Syracuse University New York where she teaches courses on photographic history as well as on art criticism and its history. In 2008 she won an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writer award for her continuing work on the history and theory of documentary photography and is the author of 'Photography and its Critics' (Cambridge University Press, 1997) as well as numerous articles on the history of photography.

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• Editore: Pearson College Div
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0205708005
• ISBN 13: 9780205708000
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 552