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Beschreibung
A handsome primer on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot.

This beautiful, small format publication serves as a primer on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot, a true interdisciplinary innovator who drew on his knowledge of art history, botany, chemistry and optics to become one of the inventors of photography in 1839. Talbot's 'photogenic drawings' (photograms), calotypes and salted paper prints are some of the first ever examples of images captured on paper. Accompanying an exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh opening in November 2017, this book brings together approximately 30 photographs by Talbot that demonstrate his wide ranging interests, including nature, still life, portraiture, architecture and landscape. Approximately one quarter of the featured images have been unpublished since Talbot's time. Through thematic groupings elucidated by noted Talbot scholar Larry Schaaf, the book reveals the photographer's early striving to test the boundaries of his medium at a historic moment when art and science intersected. With its luminous reproductions of Talbot's fragile works, this publication demonstrates that, in its earliest days, photography required a form of magic making and innovation that continues to inspire people today.
A handsome primer on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot.

This beautiful, small format publication serves as a primer on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot, a true interdisciplinary innovator who drew on his knowledge of art history, botany, chemistry and optics to become one of the inventors of photography in 1839. Talbot's 'photogenic drawings' (photograms), calotypes and salted paper prints are some of the first ever examples of images captured on paper. Accompanying an exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh opening in November 2017, this book brings together approximately 30 photographs by Talbot that demonstrate his wide ranging interests, including nature, still life, portraiture, architecture and landscape. Approximately one quarter of the featured images have been unpublished since Talbot's time. Through thematic groupings elucidated by noted Talbot scholar Larry Schaaf, the book reveals the photographer's early striving to test the boundaries of his medium at a historic moment when art and science intersected. With its luminous reproductions of Talbot's fragile works, this publication demonstrates that, in its earliest days, photography required a form of magic making and innovation that continues to inspire people today.
Über den Autor
Dan Leers is Curator of Photography at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Professor Larry J. Schaaf is the Director of the William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné - foxtalbot.[...].[...] - an online resource of the Bodleian Libraries.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Fotografie
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780880390606
ISBN-10: 0880390603
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Leers, Daniel
Schaaf, Larry J.
Kamera: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Redaktion: Massaux, Guy
Zusammengestellt: Leers, Dan
Schaaf, Larry
Hersteller: Carnegie Museum of Art,U.S.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 261 x 223 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Daniel Leers
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.01.2018
Gewicht: 0,61 kg
Artikel-ID: 108535298