Points of View Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs

Name: Points of View Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs
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ISBN: 9780712350815

ISBN-10: 0712350810

ISBN-13: 9780712350815

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Falconer, Louise Hide

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From its earliest beginnings in the 1840s up to its democratization as a widespread leisure pursuit, photography was swept along by a tide of artistic and entrepreneurial activity that gathered pace throughout the nineteenth century. Both as an art form and a social document, the photograph quickly took on a critical role as the primary means of visual expression in the modern age. Points of Viewbrings together, for the first time, a selection of images from the British Library's unique photography collections, examining the history, diversity, and influence of the medium from its invention and early years up until the coming of the twentieth century. Beginning with the work of William…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: British Library, The
Publication date: 12/15/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English

Elizabeth Moore is a senior lecturer and head of the department of art and archeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.John Falconer is a curator at the British Library and is the author of A Vision of the Past, the first detailed history of photography in Singapore and Malaysia.