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On the art of fixing a shadow : one hundred and fifty years of photography
- Title
- On the art of fixing a shadow : one hundred and fifty years of photography / Sarah Greenough, Joel Snyder, David Travis, Colin Westerbeck.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, [1989]
- ©1989
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- Description
- xviii, 510 pages : illustrations; 24 x 31 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Government publications – United States.
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs
- History
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Washington (DC, 1989)
- Note
- 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.
- List of works exhibited: p. 467-482.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 497-499.
- Artists bibliographies: p. 483-485.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0894681273
- 9780894681271
- 0821217577
- 9780821217573
- LCCN
- 89003275
- OCLC
- ocm19457197
- 19457197
- SCSB-1719573
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library