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On Alexander Gardner's photographic sketch book of the Civil War / Anthony W. Lee, Elizabeth Young.
LIBRA E468.7 .G1934 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Anthony W., 1960-
- Series:
- Defining moments in American photography ; v. 1.
- Defining moments in American photography ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882. Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war.
- Gardner, Alexander.
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882.
- United States. Army of the Potomac.
- History.
- Photography.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Photograph collections.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works.
- Virginia.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works.
- United States.
- United States. Army of the Potomac--Pictorial works.
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882--Photograph collections.
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882--Criticism and interpretation.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photography.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photography.
- Photographic criticism.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 119 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Soon after "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War "was published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and helped define how viewers, then and in subsequent generations, would come to know the war. Alexander Gardner's classic also became foundational in the history of American photography, combining, for the first time, words and images in a sophisticated and moving account. This book, written by the art historian Anthony W. Lee and the literary scholar Elizabeth Young, interprets the story of the war as told by Gardner, unraveling his careful choice of words and images and the complicated play between them, and understanding them against the backdrop of the literary and photographic cultures of the American antebellum and Reconstruction eras. This book presents a unique study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history.
- Notes:
- "Published with the assistance of The Getty Foundation."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-113) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520251519
- 0520251512
- 9780520253315
- 0520253310
- OCLC:
- 79001437
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