The beautiful and the damned : the creation of identity in nineteenth century photography / Peter Ha...
The beautiful and the damned : the creation of identity in nineteenth century photography / Peter Ha...
The beautiful and the damned : the creation of identity in nineteenth century photography / Peter Hamilton, Roger Hargreaves.
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Publisher
Aldershot, Hampshire, [England] ; Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries, 2001.
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Date
2001.
Call Numbers
NQ770.9/25
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Language
English
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Physical content
121 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents
I. The Beautiful and the Damned -- Social order and social classification -- II. Putting Faces to the Names: Social and Celebrity Portrait Photography -- The social context of photography -- Portraits and biographies -- The business of the studio -- The age of collodion -- The vogue for the carte de...
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Publisher
Aldershot, Hampshire, [England] ; Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries, 2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2001.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The Beautiful and the Damned looks for the first time at the broad social and cultural context for the development of portrait photography in the nineteenth century, showing how social and celebrity portraiture on the one hand, and scientific photography on the other, were different facets of the nineteenth-century fascination with classification...
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Full title
The beautiful and the damned : the creation of identity in nineteenth century photography / Peter Hamilton, Roger Hargreaves.
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Notes
General note
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, 6 June-7 October, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-117) and index.
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Other version (online)
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Call Numbers
NQ770.9/25
Record Identifier
74Vv47BBGJXM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv47BBGJXM
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ISBN
1855143097 (pbk.)
9780853318217
0853318212
9781855143098(pbk.) :
1855143097(pbk.) :
9781855143098 (pbk.)
DDC
770.9034
778.92
MMS ID
991015448619702626
