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9780810905597

Photography: A Cultural History (Trade Version)

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    9780810905597

  • ISBN10:

    0810905590

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-01-01
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

Mary Warner Marien is an associate professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Syracuse University, New York, where she teaches courses on photography history, as well as on art criticism and its history.

Table of Contents

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Preface
Introduction
The Origins of Photography (to 1839)p. 1
Before Photographyp. 2
The Invention of "Photographies"p. 7
Responses to the Announcement of the Daguerreotypep. 15
The Politics of Inventionp. 19
Philosophy and Practice: Nature's Automatic Writingp. 23
The Second Invention of Photography (1839-1854)p. 25
The Second Inventionp. 25
Photography and the Sciencesp. 32
Recording Events with the Camerap. 44
War and Photographyp. 46
Expeditionary and Travel Photographyp. 50
Portraiture and the Camerap. 61
Photography and Fictionp. 74
Philosophy and Practice: A Threat to Art?p. 76
The Expanding Domain (1854-1880)p. 81
The Stereographp. 81
War and Photographyp. 85
Topographical Surveys and Photographyp. 115
Photography and Sciencep. 131
Photography and the Social Sciencesp. 140
Art and Photographyp. 149
Women Behind the Camerap. 157
Philosophy and Practice: "Superseded by Reality"p. 162
Photography in the Modern Age (1880-1918)p. 167
The Challenge for Art Photographyp. 172
Pictorialismp. 173
Photography and the Modern Cityp. 204
Science and Photographyp. 212
Photography, Social Science, and Explorationp. 220
War and Photographyp. 228
Philosophy and Practice: The Real Thingp. 234
A New Vision (1918-1945)p. 239
Revolutionary Art: The Soviet Photographp. 243
Dada and Afterp. 247
Surrealist Photographyp. 257
Experimental Photography and Advertisingp. 266
California Modernp. 272
Social Science, Social Change, and the Camerap. 280
Popular Sciencep. 298
World War IIp. 300
Philosophy and Practice: The "Common Man" and the End of Media Utopiap. 305
Through the Lens of Culture (1945-1975)p. 311
The Family of Manp. 312
Cultural Relativism and Cultural Resistancep. 314
The West and the Cold Warp. 339
Photography in Artp. 370
Philosophy and Practice: Photography "Born Whole"p. 381
Convergences (1975-Present)p. 393
The Predicaments of Social Concernp. 400
Neutral Visionp. 407
The Look of Politicsp. 416
The Postmodern Erap. 423
Family Picturesp. 444
Nature and the Body Politicp. 462
Philosophy and Practice: The Passing of the Postmodernp. 469
Epilogue: On Beauty, Science, and Naturep. 475
Glossaryp. 497
Timelinep. 500
Notesp. 510
Bibliographyp. 519
Indexp. 522
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