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East of the Mississippi : nineteenth-century American landscape photography

Title
East of the Mississippi : nineteenth-century American landscape photography / Diane Waggoner with Russell Lord and Jennifer Raab.
Author
Waggoner, Diane
Publication
Washington, DC : National Gallery of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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Additional Authors
  • Lord, Russell
  • Raab, Jennifer
  • National Gallery of Art (U.S.), publisher, host institution.
  • New Orleans Museum of Art, host institution.
  • Yale University Press, publisher.
Description
xi, 276 pages : illustrations; 30 cm
Summary
This important reconsideration of landscape photography in nineteenth-century America explores crucial but neglected geographies, practitioners, and themes. Although pictures of the West have dominated our perception of nineteenth-century American landscape photography, many photographers were working in the eastern half of the United States during that period. Their pictures, with the exception of Civil War images, have received relatively scant attention. Redressing this imbalance is East of the Mississippi, the first book to focus exclusively on the arresting eastern photographs that helped shape America's national identity. Celebrating natural wonders such as Niagara Falls and the White Mountains as well as capturing a cultural landscape fundamentally altered by industrialization, these works also documented the impact of war, promoted tourism, and played a role in an emerging environmentalism. Showcasing some 180 photographs from 1839 to 1900 in a rich variety of media and formats--from daguerreotypes, salted paper prints, tintypes, cyanotypes, and albumen prints to stereo cards and photograph albums--this volume traces the evolution of eastern landscape photography and introduces the artists who explored this subject. Also considered are the dynamic ties with other media--for instance, between painters and photographers such as the Bierstadt and Moran brothers--and the distinctive development of landscape photography in America.--Provided by publisher.
Alternative Title
Nineteenth-century American landscape photography
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • "The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in association with the New Orleans Museum of Art."
  • "Produced by the Publishing Office, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Published in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London."
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 12-July 16, 2017 and at the New Orleans Museum of Art, October 5, 2017-January 7, 2018.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273) and index.
Contents
Landscape across media / Jennifer Raab -- Photographing the Eastern landscape, 1839-1900 / Diane Waggoner -- Introduction -- The daguerreotype comes to America -- Paper processes and the view -- Landscpe aesthetics -- The Cival War -- Industry and the railroads -- Tourism, preservation, and artistry -- The intersted landscape / Russell Lord.
Call Number
JQG 17-435
ISBN
  • 9780300224016
  • 030022401X
LCCN
2016050785
OCLC
956686950
Author
Waggoner, Diane, author.
Title
East of the Mississippi : nineteenth-century American landscape photography / Diane Waggoner with Russell Lord and Jennifer Raab.
Publisher
Washington, DC : National Gallery of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273) and index.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Added Author
Lord, Russell, author.
Raab, Jennifer, author.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.), publisher, host institution.
New Orleans Museum of Art, host institution.
Yale University Press, publisher.
Sudoc No.
SI 8.2:L 22
Research Call Number
JQG 17-435
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