Antiquity and Photography: Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites - Hardcover

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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892368055 ISBN 13: 9780892368051

Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005

Synopsis

Following the invention of the daguerreotype and calotype processes in 1839, views of ruins, classical statuary, and the antiquities of the Mediterranean and the Orient were among the first images produced by pioneer photographers. The unique accuracy and immediacy of photographs fundamentally changed aesthetic and scholarly approaches to the artifacts of the past.
This groundbreaking book explores the intellectual underpinnings of the relationship between antiquity and photography in the period 1840-1880. Drawing on the extensive collections of the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute, this richly illustrated volume presents an introduction to the subject, followed by a detailed discussion of the influence of photography on archaeology, an analysis of the ways antiquity is depicted, and biographical studies of two major photographers, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey and William James Stillman. Portfolios of works by Maxime Du Camp, John B. Greene, Francis Frith, Robert Macpherson, Adolphe Braun, and others appear between the essays.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0892368055
• ISBN 13: 9780892368051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240