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Antiquity and Photography: Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites
Following the invention of the daguerreotype and calotype processes in 1839, views of ruins, classical statuary, and the antiquities of the Mediterranean and the Orient were among the first images produced by pioneer photographers. The unique accuracy and immediacy of photographs fundamentally
changed aesthetic and scholarly approaches to the artifacts of the past.
This groundbreaking book explores the intellectual underpinnings of the relationship between antiquity and photography in the period 1840-1880. Drawing on the extensive collections of the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute, this richly illustrated volume presents an introduction to the
subject, followed by a detailed discussion of the influence of photography on archaeology, an analysis of the ways antiquity is depicted, and biographical studies of two major photographers, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey and William James Stillman. Portfolios of works by Maxime Du Camp, John
B. Greene, Francis Frith, Robert Macpherson, Adolphe Braun, and others appear between the essays.
changed aesthetic and scholarly approaches to the artifacts of the past.
This groundbreaking book explores the intellectual underpinnings of the relationship between antiquity and photography in the period 1840-1880. Drawing on the extensive collections of the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute, this richly illustrated volume presents an introduction to the
subject, followed by a detailed discussion of the influence of photography on archaeology, an analysis of the ways antiquity is depicted, and biographical studies of two major photographers, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey and William James Stillman. Portfolios of works by Maxime Du Camp, John
B. Greene, Francis Frith, Robert Macpherson, Adolphe Braun, and others appear between the essays.
240 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2005
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August 16, 2009
read for work and loved every minute of it. Aside from its inherent strengths and its pertinence to my job, I got added joy out of the serendipity of reading this book at the same time as Madame Bovary and Flaubert's Parrot. Antiquity & Photography covers the journey that Flaubert made to Egypt, accompanying his friend and photographer Maxime du Camp. The photographs in this book by du Camp enriched my enjoyment of Flaubert's Parrot, which spends some time on Flaubert and du Camp's friendship and this very journey. Sigh. I love it when stuff like this happens unexpectedly and without any planning.
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December 25, 2008This Christmas present - a book of photographs of ancient ruins - already makes me smile and I've barely started to peek.
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