Painting and photography, 1839-1914 / Dominique de Font-Réaulx ; translated from the French by David Radzinowicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Font-Réaulx, Dominique de.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Photography--History--19th century.

Photography.

History.

Art and photography--History--19th century.

Art and photography.

Painting, Modern--19th century--History.

Painting, Modern.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

327 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Painting & photography, 1839-1914

Place of Publication:

Paris : Flammarion ; [London] : [Thames & Hudson, distributor], [2012]

Language Note:

Text in English, translated from the French.

Summary:

"This comprehensive study offers detailed analysis of how classical painting challenged, resisted, and was influenced by the emergence of photography. Photography divided opinion since its invention; some saw it as an invaluable tool in the enhancement of artistic production, for others it was too mechanical to ever represent the grand concept of 'art.' This volume examines the fraught yet rich relationship that developed between them, from portraiture and landscapes to still lifes, nudes, and tableaux vivants. Accompanied by a rich selection of illustrations, the text charts this fascinating history from photography's first forays into the public domain and the organizations set up to defend it against criticism, to the influence of figures such as Daguerre, whose daguerreotype invention raised the possibility of being able to accurately replicate images. This volume explores not only photography's fight for recognition, but also its impact on painters of the day, as it challenged them to devise new ways to capture the human form, and forever changed the face of art."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Before photography

The birth of photography : conception, announcement, and reception

Exhibiting photography

Reproducing paintings

Revolutions in landscape

Portraiture : painted portraits, portrait photographs

Still life

Genre photography : photographic arrangements and tableaux vivants

Photographing the nude : the ambiguities of a genre

Studies after nature : photography in the painter's studio

Painter photographers.

Notes:

"Simultaneously published in French as Peinture & Photographie. Les enjeux d'une rencontre, 1839-1914"--P. facing t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-323) and index.

ISBN:

2080201328

9782080201324

OCLC:

815367776

Publisher Number:

99958158995