Paris and the cliché of history : the city and photographs, 1860-1970 /

"This book turns a compelling new lens on thinking about the history of Paris and photography. The invention of photography changed how history could be written. But the now commonplace assumptions--that photographs capture fragments of lost time or present emotional gateways to the past-- that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clark, Catherine E. (Catherine Eleanor), 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1800-1999
Art and history.
Art et histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Art and history
Paris (France) > History > 19th century.
Paris (France) > History > 20th century.
Paris (France) > In art.
Paris (France) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Paris (France) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
France > Paris
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Paris, photography, and history: 1860 to 1970
  • Imagination and evidence: visual history at Paris's municipal historical institutions
  • Index and time: new forms and theories in photohistories
  • Past and present: "repicturing" during the occupation and liberation of Paris
  • Style and subjectivity: the Bimillénaire de Paris and the Parisian cliché
  • "C'était Paris en 1970": the amateur photographer, the assassination of Paris, and photographic history
  • Conclusion: looking back, looking forward: the vidéothèque de Paris.

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