Title & Author:

On the art of fixing a shadow : one hundred and fifty years of photography / Sarah Greenough, Joel Snyder, David Travis, Colin Westerbeck.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, [1989]
©1989

Description:

xviii, 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm

Notes:
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, May 7-July 30, 1989, the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 9-Nov. 26, 1989, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dec. 21, 1989-Feb. 25, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Inventing photography, 1839-1879 / Joel Snyder -- The curious contagion of the camera, 1880-1918 / Sarah Greenough -- Ephemeral truths, 1919-1945 / David Travis -- Beyond the photographic frame, 1946-1989 / Colin Westerbeck -- List of works exhibited -- Artists' bibliographies / compiled by Megan Fox.

Summary:

This book is a catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. At this sesquicentennial celebration, it has been our intention in both the exhibition and the catalogue to present and analyze those photographs that, regardless of why they were made, seem the most visually significant. Limiting ourselves, for the most part, to American and European photographers, we have attempted to chart the development of an understanding of photography as a pictorial device. - Introduction.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0894681273 (paperback)
9780894681271 (paperback)
0821217577 (hardcover)
9780821217573 (hardcover)

Subject:

Photography History Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic.
Photography History.
Photographie Histoire Expositions.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Photography
Ausstellung
Geschichte
Fotografie

Form/genre:

Government publications United States.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.
Washington (DC, 1989)

Added entries:

Greenough, Sarah, 1951- author.
Snyder, Joel, 1940- author.
Travis, David, 1948- author.
Westerbeck, Colin, author.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.), host institution.
Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 47908
Call No.: TR15.O5 (ID:89-B6986)
Status: Available