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Singular images, failed copies : William Henry Fox Talbot and the early photograph /

"Focusing on early nineteenth-century England-and on the works and texts of the inventor of paper photography, William Henry Fox Talbot-Singular Images, Failed Copies historicizes the conceptualization of photography in that era as part of a major historical change. Treating photography not mer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maimon, Vered (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Photographic Imagination
  • Part I. British Science and the Conception of Photography: 1. Scientific Method: The Engine of Knowledge; 2. Imagination: The Art of Discovery
  • Part II. Botanical Images and Historical Documents: The First Applications of Photography: 3. Time: Singular Images, Failed Copies; 4. History: Displaced Origins and The Pencil of Nature.