Monumental journey : the daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey / Stephen C. Pinson ; with contributions by Sylvie Aubenas, Olivier Caumont, Silvia A. Centeno, Thomas Galifot, Nora W. Kennedy, Grant B. Romer, Martina Rugiadi, Andrea E. Schlather, Lindsey S. Stewart, Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, and Ariadna Cervera Xicotencatl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinson, Stephen C., author.

Contributor:

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

Girault de Prangey, 1804-1892, artist.

Aubenas, Sylvie, writer of supplementary textual content.

Caumont, Olivier, 1966- writer of supplementary textual content.

Centeno, Silvia A., writer of supplementary textual content.

Galifot, Thomas, writer of supplementary textual content.

Kennedy, Nora, writer of supplementary textual content.

Romer, Grant B., writer of supplementary textual content.

Rugiadi, Martina, writer of supplementary textual content.

Schlather, Andrea E., writer of supplementary textual content.

Stewart, Lindsey, writer of supplementary textual content.

Szegedy-Maszak, Andrew, writer of supplementary textual content.

Xicotencatl, Ariadna Cervera, writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girault de Prangey, 1804-1892.

Daguerreotype--France--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Daguerreotype.

Photography--France--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Photography.

Photography in archaeology--Exhibitions.

Photography in archaeology.

Ruins in art--Exhibitions.

Ruins in art.

Historic buildings in art--Exhibitions.

Historic buildings in art.

Girault de Prangey, 1804-1892--Exhibitions.

Girault de Prangey.

History.

France.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2019]

Summary:

In 1842, the pioneering French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804-1892) set out eastward across the Mediterranean with a custom-built camera to explore ancient lands that were largely unknown to the Western world. This book is the first to fully consider the hundreds of daguerreotypes that resulted from his three-year journey, many of which were made using innovative techniques that fascinate photographers to this day. The images, including the first-known photographic documentation of significant locations, offer tangible evidence of historic sites, many of which have since been destroyed, in places such as Greece, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and Jerusalem. They are remarkable and unparalleled portraits of a world gone by. Copiously illustrated and featuring a geographic glossary of the sites and images, Monumental Journey sheds new light on the arc of Girault's career, the vibrant orientalist milieu of 19th-century France that shaped his work, and his inventive contributions to the nascent field of photography. It introduces modern audiences to a brilliant yet enigmatic talent, as well as the stunning images, many published here for the time, that make a major contribution to the histories of both photography and eastern Mediterranean.--Exhibition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (30.10-12.05.2019); Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (17.06-13.10.2019).

Contents:

The odyssey of an artist and his work / Sylvie Aubenas

Splendor in the dust / Stephen C. Pinson

Plates

Framing an Islamic art / Martina Rugiadi

The pleasure of ruins / Andrew Szegedy-Maszak

Daguerreotype work in France / Thomas Galifot

From drawing to photography : Image-production techniques / Olivier Caumont

"Un Daguerréotype monstre" / Sylvie A. Centeno, Nora W. Kennedy, Grant B. Romer, Andrea E. Schlather, and Ariadna Cervera Xicotencatl

Key sites and subjects / Lindsey S. Stewart

Map of Girault's travels, 1831-50.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition at Metropolitan Museum of Art from January 30-May 12, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index.

ISBN:

1588396630

9781588396631

OCLC:

1046553648