Archive Style : Photographs and Illustrations for U.S. Surveys, 1850-1890 /

This imaginative study of American visual culture reveals how the political predicaments of a few small bureaucracies once fostered pictures of an extraordinary style. U.S. geographical and geological surveys of the late nineteenth century produced photographs and drawings of topography, American In...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kelsey, Robin, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Photographic surveying.
Geological surveys.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Surveying.
Phototopographie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Geological surveys > United States > History > 19th century.
Photographic surveying > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This imaginative study of American visual culture reveals how the political predicaments of a few small bureaucracies once fostered pictures of an extraordinary style. U.S. geographical and geological surveys of the late nineteenth century produced photographs and drawings of topography, American Indians, geologic features, botanical specimens, and specialists at work in the field. Some of these pictures have long been celebrated for their anticipation of a modernist aesthetic, but Robin Kelsey, in this abundantly illustrated volume, traces their modernistic qualities to archival ingenuity. Th.
Notas:"Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint"--Preliminary page.
"Published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation"--Preliminary page.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (286 pages).
ISBN:9780520933286

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