The silver canvas : daguerreotype masterpieces from the J. Paul Getty Museum / Bates Lowry, Isabel Barrett Lowry.

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J. Paul Getty Museum.

Title & Author:

The silver canvas : daguerreotype masterpieces from the J. Paul Getty Museum / Bates Lowry, Isabel Barrett Lowry.

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Description:

xv, 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 233) and index.
ch. 1. World poses for the sun -- ch. 2. Stealing from the mirror -- ch. 3. Artificial retina -- ch. 4. Intruder in the realm -- ch. 5. Capturing the moment -- ch. 6. Nation in transition.

Summary:

In The Silver Canvas: Daguerreotype Masterpieces from The J. Paul Getty Museum, Bates Lowry and Isabel Barrett Lowry describe Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre's miraculous invention of the daguerreotype at the dawn of photography. In nearly eighty examples - many never previously published - selected from the almost two thousand daguerreotypes included in the J. Paul Getty Museum's comprehensive photographs collection, the authors present the historical and artistic development of the daguerreian process, chronicling over two decades of European and American history and culture. Their narrative uncovers important new information about Daguerre's invention.

Resources:
Getty Publications Virtual Library
Table of contents
Publisher description
Online version available via the Getty publications virtual library

ISBN:

0892363681
9780892363681
0892365366 (pbk.)
9780892365364 (pbk.)

Subject:

J. Paul Getty Museum Photograph collections Catalogs.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Daguerreotype California Los Angeles Catalogs.
Photograph collections California Los Angeles Catalogs.
Daguerreotype History.
Daguerréotype Californie Los Angeles Catalogues.
Collections de photographies Californie Los Angeles Catalogues.
Daguerréotype Histoire.
Daguerreotype
Photograph collections
Daguerreotypie
California Los Angeles
Daguerreotype Catalogs California Los Angeles
Photograph collections Catalogs California Los Angeles

Form/genre:

Catalog
Catalogs.
catalogs (documents)
History
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Lowry, Bates, 1923-2004.
Lowry, Isabel.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 179861
Call No.: TR365.J2 (ID:98-B394)
Status: Available

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