Speculating Daguerre : art and enterprise in the work of L. J. M. Daguerre / Stephen C. Pinson.

Author/creator Pinson, Stephen C.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Descriptionix, 313 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects

Contents The reign of speculation -- Operatic enterprises -- The panorama effect -- Lookers -- Optical naturalism -- Theatrical landscapes -- The museum as laboratory -- Nature's palette: fixed and modifiable views -- An artist's "fortune" -- 1814-1825 -- 1825-1830 -- 1830-1839 -- Speculating Daguerre -- Counterproof -- Permanence -- Monuments -- A catalogue of works attributed to Daguerre -- Works on paper -- Paintings -- Daguerreotypes -- Appendix 1: Daguerre's addresses in Paris -- Appendix 2: chronology -- Appendix 3: a primer on the early history of photography..
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010033062
ISBN9780226669113 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226669114 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks TR140.D3 P56 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold