The expanding eye photography and the nineteenth-century mind
Alan Thomas.
- Londan Routledge 2019
- 171p., ill., 28 cm.,
- Routledge library editions., Art and Culture in the Nineteenth Century 11 .
1. The Expanding Gaze 2. The Journeying Eye 3. The Family Chronicle 4. Fashionable Display 5. Players and Beauties 6. Views of the Known 7. The Language of the Ordinary; Notes; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index.
First published in 1978. In this title, Alan Thomas examines the invention of photography in the early nineteenth century. How the members of this first "visual" generation used photography and how it changed their perceptions of the world are the subjects of this lavishly illustrated book. As the author convincingly shows, the camera's presence was felt nearly everywhere during the course of the nineteenth century. Approaching the subject topically, Thomas surveys the work of the early photographers in terms of its motivation, insights, and impact on society. The book is rounded out with sections on other genres of photography - theatrical, landscape, and social realism - that amply document the far-reaching impact of this phenomenon on nineteenth-century sensibilities.
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