Carleton Watkins : the art of perception / Douglas R. Nickel ; with an introduction by Maria Morris Hambourg.

Main entry:

Nickel, Douglas R. (Douglas Robert), 1961-

Title & Author:

Carleton Watkins : the art of perception / Douglas R. Nickel ; with an introduction by Maria Morris Hambourg.

Publication:

Description:

228 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 25-Sept. 14, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references.
Carleton Watkins : an introduction / Maria Morris Hambourg -- An art of perception / Douglas R. Nickel -- Notes on the plates / Peter E. Palmquist -- Selected references / Peter E. Palmquist.

Summary:

"Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) is considered by many to be the greatest American photographer of the nineteenth century. During his career of some fifty years, Watkins traveled the western United States, making thousands of remarkable, historically important images.
From pictures of Yosemite, the Pacific Coast, and the scenery along the Columbia River to photographs of the vast mining tracts of the Sierra Nevada and the towns springing up along the recently built Central and Southern Pacific railroads, these images provide an unparalleled visual record of the West."--Jacket.
"Carleton Watkins: The Art of Perception examines the signal achievement of this photographic innovator in the context of burgeoning western development and new ways of experiencing the world visually."--Jacket.
"Produced using state-of-the-art tritone printing, it showcases over one hundred of the photographer's best images, including several of Watkins's extraordinary multi-part panoramic works. The photographs, many of which have never been exhibited or reproduced before, are accompanied by essays that are informed by substantial original research into Watkin's life and ambitions."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0918471516 (softcover)
9780918471512 (softcover)
0810941023 (hardback)
9780810941021 (hardback)

Subject:

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916 Exhibitions.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Outdoor photography Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photographie à l'extérieur Expositions.
Outdoor photography
Photography, Artistic
West (U.S.) Pictorial works Exhibitions.
West United States

Form/genre:

Views (visual works)
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916.
Hambourg, Maria Morris.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
United States California San Francisco.
United States New York (State) New York.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320364
Call No.: 320364
Status: Available

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