Main entry:

Fullerton, John, 1949- author.

Title & Author:

Picturing Mexico : from the camera lucida to film / John Fullerton.

Publication:

New Barnet, Herts, United Kingdom : John Libbey Publishing Ltd, [2014]
©2014

Description:

xiii, 234 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 x 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
To Mexico and Central America via Jerusalem, Thebes, and Baalbek: three panoramas after Catherwood -- The camera lucida, topographical representation, and the picturesque in early-nineteenth-century Britain and Mexico -- Investigating antiquities in Central America and Yucatán before the 1840s, and the reception of Stephens and Catherwood -- Picturing antiquities in Central America and Yucatán in the 1840s: Stephens and Catherwood -- Picturing Mexico in lithographs, photographs, and film.

Summary:

Examines the development of film as a medium embedded in 19th century popular visual culture, including topographical views, painted panoramas, and collections of lithographs and photographs assembled by visitors, highlighting practices that help characterize 'cinema' before the advent of cinema.

ISBN:

9780861967018 (hbk.)
0861967011 (hbk.)

Subject:

Cinematography History.
Art and motion pictures History.
Cinéma Histoire.
Art et cinéma Histoire.
Art and Design.
Art and motion pictures.
Cinematography.
Motion pictures.
Filmfotografering.
Mexiko.
Mexico In art.
Mexico In motion pictures.
Mexico.

Form/genre:

Art.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 288404
Call No.: BIB 230082
Status: Available