All the mighty world : the photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860 / Gordon Baldwin, Malcolm Daniel, and Sarah Greenough ; with contributions by Richard Pare, Pam Roberts, and Roger Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, Gordon, 1939-2020.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Daniel, Malcolm R.

Greenough, Sarah, 1951-

Fenton, Roger, 1819-1869.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fenton, Roger, 1819-1869.

Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions.

Photography, Artistic.

Fenton, Roger, 1819-1869--Exhibitions.

Fenton, Roger.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 x 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press ; New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2004]

Summary:

"Roger Fenton (1819-1869) was England's most celebrated photographer during the 1850s, the young medium's most glorious moment. After studying law and painting, Fenton took up the camera in 1851 and immediately began to produce highly original images. During a decade of work he mastered every photographic genre he attempted: architectural photography, landscape, portraiture, still life, reportage, and tableau vivant." "This volume presents ninety of Fenton's finest photographs, exactingly reproduced. Six leading scholars have contributed nine illustrated essays that address every aspect of Fenton's career, as well as a comprehensive, documented chronology."--Jacket.

Contents:

"A new starting point": Roger Fenton's life / Sarah Greenough

"On nature's invitation do I come": Roger Fenton's landscapes / Malcolm Daniel

In pursuit of architecture / Gordon Baldwin

"Mr. Fenton explained everything": Queen Victoria and Roger Fenton / Roger Taylor

"Trying his hand upon some oriental figure subjects" / Gordon Baldwin

Roger Fenton and the still-life tradition / Pam Roberts

PLATES

"A most enthusiastic cultivator of his art": Fenton's critics and the trajectory of his career / Roger Taylor

"The exertions of Mr. Fenton": Roger Fenton and the founding of the photographic society / Pam Roberts

Roger Fenton: the artist's eye / Richard Pare

A chronology of the life and photographic career of Roger Fenton / Rogert Taylor, Gordon Baldwin.

Notes:

Catalog of the exhibition held Oct. 17, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Feb. 1-Apr. 24, 2005 at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; May 24, 2005-Aug. 21, 2005 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and Sept. 21, 2005-Jan. 2, 2006 at Tate Britain, London.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Baldwin, Gordon, 1939- All the mighty world.

ISBN:

1588391280

9781588391285

1588391299

9781588391292

0300104901

9780300104905

OCLC:

55801004

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