In Light of Rome : Early Photography in the Capital of the Art World, 1842-1871 / John F. McGuigan, Frank H. Goodyear, and Maria Francesca Bonetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller), author.

Goodyear, Frank H., III, 1967- author.

Bonetti, Maria Francesca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Italy--Rome--History--19th century.

Photography.

Photography, Artistic--19th century.

Photography, Artistic.

Rome (Italy)--Pictorial works.

Rome (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This comprehensive study of Rome's contribution to the early history of photography traces the medium's rise from a fledgling science to a dynamic form of artistic expression that forever changed the way we perceive the Eternal City. The authors examine the diverse transnational group of photographers who thrived in the cosmopolitan art center of Rome-and the pivotal role they played in the refinement and technical development of the nascent medium in the nineteenth century. The book ranges from the earliest pioneers-the French daguerreotypist Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey and the Welsh calotypist Calvert Richard Jones-to the work of the Roman School of Photography and its successors, among them James Anderson and Robert Macpherson of Britain; Frédéric Flachéron, Firmin Eugène Le Dien, and Gustave Le Gray of France; and Giacomo Caneva, Adriano de Bonis, and Pietro Dovizielli of Italy. Lavishly illustrated with 112 plates, many never before published, by nearly fifty practitioners, this volume expands our understanding of the place of Rome in early photography. An exhibition of the same title, to open at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in December 2022, accompanies this study.

Contents:

Intro

COVER Front

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmements

Introduction

Notes to Introduction

Chapter 1: The Daguerreotype

Notes to Chapter 1

Chapter 2: The Calotype

Notes to Chapter 2

Chapter 3: The Roman School of Photography

Notes to Chapter 3

Chapter 4:The 1850s

Notes to Chapter 4

Chapter 5: The 1860s

Notes to Chapter 5

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271094298

027109429X