Antiquity and Photography : Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites

by Claire L. Lyons; John K. Papadopoulos; Lindsey S. Stewart; Andrew Szegedy-Maszak

• ISBN13: 9780892368051
• ISBN10: 0892368055
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Summary

"Antiquity & Photography explores the influence of photography on archaeology between 1840 and 1880. This was the period that saw the evolution of archaeology as a professional discipline as well as the rapid growth of the new photographic medium. With illustrations drawn from the collections of the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute, the essays in this book examine the growth of archaeology as a scientific discipline and its increasing reliance on photographic documentation, and they consider some of the conventions that came to govern the ostensibly objective photographs of antiquities and ancient sites. Biographical essays explore the careers of two major early photographers, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey and William James Stillman. in addition, portfolios with works by Maxime Du Camp, John Beasley Greene, Francis Frith, Robert Macpherson, Adolphe Braun and others testify to the strength and consistency of other early photographers who captured the antique worlds around the Mediterranean."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Claire L. Lyons is collections curator at the Getty Research Institute; John K. Papadopoulos is professor of classics and archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles; Lindsey S. Stewart is an independent photography consultant; and Andrew Szegedy-Maszak is professor of classical studies at Wesleyan University.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. vi
Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Map of the Mediterranean	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 2
The Art and Science of Antiquity in Nineteenth-Century Photography	p. 22
In Perfect Order: Antiquity in the Daguerreotypes of Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey	p. 66
Portfolio: Plates I-VIII Maxime Du Camp, Felix Teynard, John Beasley Greene, Gustave Le Gray, Francis Frith	p. 94
Antiquity Depicted	p. 104
An American on the Acropolis: William James Stillman	p. 148
Portfolio: Plates IX-XVI Robert Macpherson; Giorgio Sommer; Tommaso Cuccioni; Braun, Clement et Cie	p. 196
Notes	p. 206
Index	p. 219
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