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French Daguerreotypes

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ISBN-10: 0226079856

ISBN-13: 9780226079851

Edition: 1989

Authors: Janet E. Buerger, Walter V. Clark

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Upon its introduction in 1839, the daguerreotype was hailed as a magical reflection of reality. Today, these early examples of the first practical photographic process offer fascinating windows into the past. The daguerreotypes collected here not only document the birth of photography and its aesthetic and historical legacy but also provide insight into French art and culture. Lavishly illustrated, this volume is the first complete catalog of the French daguerreotype collection of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. Janet E. Buerger uses this remarkable collection of images to produce a cultural history of the daguerreotype's most learned following--an elite…    
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Book details

List price: $92.50
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/14/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.080
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Walter Clark
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A New Renaissance
France and the French Daguerreotype
The Art of Photography: Early Ideas
Nature Through theObjectif
Commercial Ventures and Travel Views: The New Documentation
Portraiture and the Professionals
Proficiency and Art: Cromer's Amateur and Iconographic Densities
Science and the Scientists in an Age of Naturalism
Total Realism
Naturalism and Realism in Art
Stereography
Color
Hand-Colored Stereo Daguerreotypes and the Masters of Total Realism
Conclusion
The Sources
Coloriage de Epreuves:French Methods and Materials for Coloring Daguerreotypes
Color Plates Notes Catalog of Daguerreotypes Catalog of Illustrated Books
Index
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