Main entry:

Davis, Keith F., 1952-

Title & Author:

The origins of American photography : from daguerreotype to dry-plate, 1839-1885 : the Hallmark photographic collection at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art / Keith F. Davis.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2007.

Description:

358 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. I. The pioneering generation : 1839-1843 -- Ch. II. Leaders in the profession : a regional survey -- Ch. III. Being a daguerreotypist -- Ch. IV. The face of a nation -- Ch. V. The rise of paper photography -- Ch. VI. "A terrible distinctness" : photography of the Civil War era, 1861-1865 -- Ch. VII. Nature and culture : scenic, topographic, and promotional views -- Ch. VIII. A world of photographs.

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."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780300122862 (hbk.)
0300122861 (hbk.)

Subject:

Hallmark Photographic Collection.
Photography United States History.
21.42 history of photographic art.
Photography
Photos.
United States
1839-1885

Form/genre:

History
Exhibition catalogues (form)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 253525
Call No.: BIB 183327
Status: Available