Victor Regnault and the advance of photography : the art of avoiding errors / Laurie Dahlberg.

Main entry:

Dahlberg, Laurie Virginia, 1958-

Title & Author:

Victor Regnault and the advance of photography : the art of avoiding errors / Laurie Dahlberg.

Publication:

Description:

208 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 x 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.
The art of avoiding errors -- The bull in the china shop : photography at the Manufacture de Sevres -- Fraternity and family -- Landscape in the shadow of industry -- The three faces of photography.

Summary:

"This illustrated book establishes the towering influence of the scientist Victor Regnault (1810-1878) in the earliest decades of photography, a period of experimentation ripe with artistic, commercial, and scientific possibility." "Occupying a unique and powerful position in the overlapping spheres of photography, science, industry, and art, Regnault was elected president of the newly formed S.E.P. in 1855. By examining his intertwined activities against the backdrop of French photography's nascent pursuit of institutional legitimacy, this book illuminates an important and overlooked body of images and the irregular cultural terrain of early photography."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0691118795 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780691118796 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Regnault, V. (Victor), 1810-1878.
Regnault, Victor.
Photography France History 19th century.
Calotype France.
Photographie France Histoire 19e siècle.
Calotype.
Photography.
Fotografie
Fotografer Frankrike 1800-talet.
France.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 243667
Call No.: TR140.R339 .D3 2005
Status: Available

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