Circulation and control : artistic culture and intellectual property in the nineteenth century / edited by Marie-Stéphanie Delamaire and Will Slauter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Delamaire, Marie-Stephanie, editor.

Slauter, Will, 1977- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--19th century.

Art, Modern.

Augmented reality--Law and legislation.

Augmented reality.

Intellectual property and creative ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Circulation and Control

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

The nineteenth century witnessed a series of revolutions in the production and circulation of images. From lithographs and engraved reproductions of paintings to daguerreotypes, stereoscopic views, and mass-produced sculptures, works of visual art became available in a wider range of media than ever before. But the circulation and reproduction of artworks also raised new questions about the legal rights of painters, sculptors, engravers, photographers, architects, collectors, publishers, and subjects of representation (such as sitters in paintings or photographs). Copyright and patent laws tussled with informal cultural norms and business strategies as individuals and groups attempted to exert some degree of control over these visual creations. With contributions by art historians, legal scholars, historians of publishing, and specialists of painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic arts, this rich collection of essays explores the relationship between intellectual property laws and the cultural, economic, and technological factors that transformed the pictorial landscape during the nineteenth century. This book will be valuable reading for historians of art and visual culture; legal scholars who work on the history of copyright and patent law; and literary scholars and historians who work in the field of book history. It will also resonate with anyone interested in current debates about the circulation and control of images in our digital age.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Contributor Biographies

Acknowledgements

1. Law, Culture, and Industry: Toward a History of Intellectual Property for Visual Works in the Long Nineteenth Century

New Visual Media and Artistic Practices Existing Studies and New Lines of Inquiry Structure and Common Themes

Bibliography

2. The First Copyright Case under the 1735 Engravings Act: The Germination of Visual Copyright?

Introduction

The Statutory Background: The Statute of Anne (1710) and the Engravings Act (1735)

The Meaning of Invention and Design

Who Was Elizabeth Blackwell? Making and Selling A Curious Herbal

The Proceedings in Chancery

Conclusion

3. Who Owns Washington? Gilbert Stuart and the Battle for Artistic Property in the Early American Republic

Stuart v. Sword: Controlling Copying in Early Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia

Painting as Intellectual Property in Eighteenth-Century London: Art Theory and its Intersection with Artistic and Trade Practices

Stuart and the Visual Economy of the Young Republic

4. The Scope of Artistic Copyright in Nineteenth-Century England

Statutes

Legal Cases 5. The 'Death of Chatterton' Case: Reproductive Engraving, Stereoscopic Photography, and Copyright for Paintings ca. 1860

The Poet and the Painting

The Rise of Stereography

Photography and tableaux vivants

Reproductive Engravings and the Threat of Photography

Turner's Stand on Behalf of Engraving Rights

Robinson's Defense

What Constitutes 'Publication' of a Painting?

Gallery Rules Related to Copying

What Constitutes an Illegal Copy?

Legal Significance v. Commercial and Cultural Effects

Bibliography 6. Before an Image Was Worth a Thousand Words: Ben-Hur and Copyright's Right of Derivatives

All the Profits of Publication Which the Book Can, in Any Form, Produce

Ben-Hur: My God, Did I Set All of This in Motion?

The Masterpiece of the Nineteenth-Century Illustrated

It Is a Very Valuable Property

Aftermath: Harper v. Kalem and the Logic of Derivative Works

7. The Frame Maker/Picture Dealer: A Crucial Intermediary in the Nineteenth-Century American Popular Print Market

Philadelphia Frame Makers' Role in the Print Market 'Growing Taste for Beauty in Forms and Colors': Philadelphia Frame Makers and Subscription Art Unions

Frame Maker/Picture Dealers, Print Values, and Copyright

8. Piracy, Copyright, and the Transnational Trade in Illustrations of News in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

Trading Visual News, 1842-1860

The Parties

The Case

9. (Re)Assembling Reference Books and Recycling Images: The Wood Engravings of the W. & R. Chambers Firm

Sources for Visual Material in Chambers's Encyclopaedia.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.