Title & Author:

East of the Mississippi : nineteenth-century American landscape photography / Diane Waggoner with Russell Lord and Jennifer Raab.

Publication:

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; [New Orleans, LA] : in association with New Orleans Museum of Art ; New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2017]

Description:

xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
"The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in association with the New Orleans Museum of Art"--Colophon.
"Produced by the Publishing Office, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Published in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273) and index.
Landscape across media / Jennifer Raab -- Photographing the Eastern landscape, 1839-1900 / Diane Waggoner. Introduction ; The daguerreotype comes to America ; Paper processes and the view ; Landscape aesthetics ; The Civil War ; Industry and the railroads ; Tourism, preservation, and artistry -- The interested landscape / Russell Lord.

Summary:

This important reconsideration of landscape photography in nineteenth-century America explores crucial but neglected geographies, practitioners, and themes. Although pictures of the West have dominated our perception of nineteenth-century American landscape photography, many photographers were working in the eastern half of the United States during that period. Their pictures, with the exception of Civil War images, have received relatively scant attention. Redressing this imbalance is East of the Mississippi, the first book to focus exclusively on the arresting eastern photographs that helped shape America's national identity. Celebrating natural wonders such as Niagara Falls and the White Mountains as well as capturing a cultural landscape fundamentally altered by industrialization, these works also documented the impact of war, promoted tourism, and played a role in an emerging environmentalism. Showcasing some 180 photographs from 1839 to 1900 in a rich variety of media and formats--from daguerreotypes, salted paper prints, tintypes, cyanotypes, and albumen prints to stereo cards and photograph albums--this volume traces the evolution of eastern landscape photography and introduces the artists who explored this subject. Also considered are the dynamic ties with other media--for instance, between painters and photographers such as the Bierstadt and Moran brothers--and the distinctive development of landscape photography in America.--Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780300224016
030022401X

Subject:

Landscape photography East (U.S.) History 19th century.
Landscape photography East (U.S.) Exhibitions.
Photographie de paysages États-Unis (Est) Expositions.
Photographie États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Landscape photography History East (U.S.) 19th century.
Photography.
Landscape photography.
East (U.S.) Pictorial works Exhibitions.
États-Unis (Est) Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
East (U.S.)
East United States.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Exhibition, pictorial works.

Added entries:

Waggoner, Diane. Photographing the Eastern landscape, 1839-1900.
Lord, Russell. Interested landscape.
Raab, Jennifer. Landscape across media.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.), organizer, host institution, publisher.
New Orleans Museum of Art, organizer, host institution.
Yale University Press, publisher.

Nineteenth-century American landscape photography

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294213
Call No.: BIB 239598
Status: Available