Main entry:

Ware, Mike.

Title & Author:

Cyanotype : the history, science and art of photographic printing in Prussian blue / Mike Ware.

Publication:

London : Science Museum ; Bradford [England] : National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, 1999.

Description:

177 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. An introduction in monochrome -- 2. The invention of cyanotype -- 3. The molecular basis of blueprinting -- 4. Varieties of cyanotype and blueprint -- 5. Studies in blue 1842-1996 -- 6. Cyanotype in practice -- 7. Vulnerability and conservation -- App. I. The titles of Herschel's diaphanes -- App. II. The chemistry of Prussian blue -- App. III. The photochemistry of cyanotype -- App. IV. The expression of solution strengths.

Summary:

"This is the first published monograph on the cyanotype process. It describes the history, chemistry, conservation, aesthetics and practice of photographic printing in Prussian blue." "This book should interest photohistorians, curators and conservators of photographs, photoscientists concerned with 'non-silver' processes and photographic print-makers who wish to use cyanotype today as an expressive artistic medium."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1900747073 (paperback)
9781900747073 (paperback)

Subject:

Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.
Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871.
Blueprinting.
Blueprints.
Bleus (Photographie)
bluelines (proofs)
blueprint process.
Blauwdruk.
Fotografie.

Added entries:

Science Museum (Great Britain)
National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television (Great Britain)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 177093
Call No.: TR415.W3 1999
Status: External loan