Photography and its Critics: A Cultural History, 1839-1900 - Brossura

Marien, Mary Warner

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ISBN 10: 1107403383 ISBN 13: 9781107403383

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

First published in 1997, Photography and its Critics offers an overview of nineteenth-century American and European writing about photography from such disparate fields as art theory, social reform, and physiology. The earliest criticism of the invention was informed by an ample legacy of notions about objectivity, appearances, and copying. Received ideas about neutral vision, intuitive genius, and progress in art also shaped nineteenth-century understanding of photography. In this study, Mary Warner Marien argues that photography was an important social and cultural symbol for modernity and change in several fields, such as art and social reform. Moreover, she demonstrates how photography quickly emerged as a pliant symbol for modernity and change, one that could as easily oppose progress as promote democracy.

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Recensione

"...the realization of a brilliant cultural history of photography in the nineteenth century." Mark B. Pohlad

"...look forward to reading as it is not stuffy or academic at all, but well written, easy to read and full of information presented in a new way." The Picture Professional

"marien's book is rich in its materials, both primary and secondary....The effect in general is of a branch of cultural history being thought through--...expounding on how nineteenth-century photographs of different kinds presented themselves. This...the field sorely needs." Mark Roskill, Visual Resources

Descrizione del libro

First published in 1997, Photography and its Critics offers an overview of nineteenth-century American and European writing about photography from such disparate fields as art theory, social reform, and physiology. The earliest criticism of the invention was informed by an ample legacy of notions about objectivity, appearances, and copying.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1107403383
• ISBN 13: 9781107403383
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 242