The early American daguerreotype : cross-currents in art and technology / Sarah Kate Gillespie.

Main entry:

Gillespie, Sarah Kate, author.

Title & Author:

The early American daguerreotype : cross-currents in art and technology / Sarah Kate Gillespie.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]

Description:

x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Lemelson center studies in invention and innovation

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-210) and index.
Introduction -- "Rembrandt perfected": the art, science, and technology of Samuel F. B. Morse -- "All nature shall be henceforth its own painter": the intersection of art and daguerreotyping -- "We will not bore our readers with any more chemistry": science and the daguerreotype -- "The American process": the daguerreotype and technology -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"Gillespie maps the evolution of the daguerreotype, as medium and as profession, from its introduction to the ascendancy of the "American process," tracing its relationship to other fields and the professionalization of those fields. She does so by recounting the activities of a series of American daguerreotypists, including fine artists, scientists, and mechanical tinkerers. She describes, for example, experiments undertaken by Samuel F. B. Morse as he made the transition from artist to inventor; how artists made use of the daguerreotype, both borrowing conventions from fine art and establishing new ones for a new medium; the use of the daguerreotype in various sciences, particularly astronomy; and technological innovators who drew on their work in the mechanical arts. "--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9780262034104 (hardcover)
0262034107 (hardcover)

Subject:

Algiers Accords 1981 Januar 19
Daguerreotype United States History 19th century.
Photographers United States Biography.
Daguerréotype États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Photographes États-Unis Biographies.
21.42 history of photographic art.
20.15 conservation, restauration and forgery of works af art.
Daguerreotype.
Photographers.
Daguerreotypie
United States.
1800-1899

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
History.

Added entries:

Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292498
Call No.: BIB 236816
Status: Available

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