Titre et auteur:

The dawn of photography : French daguerreotypes, 1839-1855.

Édition:

Windows/Macintosh.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Metropolitan Museum of Art, ©2003.

Description:

1 computer optical disc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([4] pages)

Notes:
Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 23, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004.
"An exhibition catalogue on CD-ROM."--Insert
"[E]xhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris."--Page [2] of insert
Exhibition title: Dawn of photography: French daguerreotypes, 1838-1855.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction (video) / Malcolm Daniel -- The daguerreotype as object / Françoise Reynaud -- Daguerre's black box / André Gunthert -- The splendors and mysteries of the camera obscura : critical reaction to the daguerreotype / Dominique Planchon-de Font-Réaulx -- "An industrial sector of considerable size" : the economics of the daguerreotype in Paris, 1839-50 / Quentin Bajac -- The daguerreotype in the French provinces : an unending story / Sylvain Morand -- The "observational evidence" of daguerreotypes in anthropology / Christine Barthe -- Reversals of fortune / Stephen C. Pinson.
System requirements for Windows: Pentium PC; Windows 98/ME/2000/XP; 128 MB or more of RAM; 800 x 600 or greater display set to True Color; 8x speed or faster CD-ROM drive; compatible sound card; QuickTime 6.
System requirements for Macintosh: Power Macintosh (G3 or higher recommended), Mac OS 8.6/9 or Mac OS X; 32 MB or more of RAM; 800 x 600 or greater display set to thousands of colors; 8x speed or faster CD-ROM drive; QuickTime 6.

Résumé:

Presents essays by eight scholars that discuss the history and art of the daguerreotype and its effect on the economics of Paris from 1839 to 1850, its presence in anthropology, and its eventual decline in the 1850s. Also includes catalogue entries and color images of works from the exhibition, a computer animation on the daguerreotype process, an anthology of historical documents, a chronology, a bibliography, and an index of names and terms.

ISBN:

1588391019 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
9781588391018 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
0300101899 (Yale University Press)
9780300101898 (Yale University Press)

Sujet:

Daguerreotype France Exhibitions.
Photography France History 19th century Exhibitions.
Daguerréotype France Expositions.
Photographie France Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Daguerreotype.
Photography.
France.

Classification/genre:

CD-ROMs.
Compact discs.
Optical disks.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Daniel, Malcolm R.
Pinson, Stephen.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Musée d'Orsay.

French daguerreotypes, the dawn of photography

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main software 229665
Cote: TR365 .D32 2003
Statut: Disponible