The Origins of American Photography; From Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839-1885: The Hallmark Photographic Collection at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
by Keith F. Davis; With contributions by Jane L. AspinwallFormat: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2007-10-28
Publisher(s): Nelson Atkins
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Summary
In this text, Keith F. Davis examines photography's social history and aesthetic development in an era of rapid national growth. He demonstrates how key themes and genres - including the business of daguerreian portraiture, the markets for Civil War images, and the art of Western landscape photography - reflected the concerns and values of nineteenth-century society. Photographers of this era expressed a new national consciousness while, at the same time, helping to shape it. They also explored the visual language of a radically new medium, laying the foundation for all of photography's subsequent history.
Author Biography
Jane L. Aspinwall is Assistant Curator of Photography at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Table of Contents
| The pioneering generation : 1839-1843 | p. 13 |
| Leaders in the profession : a regional survey | p. 27 |
| Being a daguerreotypist | p. 61 |
| The face of a nation | p. 83 |
| The rise of paper photography | p. 153 |
| "A terrible distinctness" : photography of the Civil War era, 1861-1865 | p. 173 |
| Nature and culture : scenic, topographic, and promotional views | p. 207 |
| A world of photographs | p. 243 |
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