Author: VALERY (pseud. [i.e. Antoine Claude Pasquin.])Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Historical, literary, and artistical travels in Italy, a complete and methodical guide for travellers and artists, by M. Valery. Translated ... from the second corrected and improved edition, by C. E. Clifton, with a copious index and a road-map of Italy
Author: VALERY (pseud. [i.e. Antoine Claude Pasquin.])Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Historical, Literary, and Artistic Travels in Italy
Author: Antoine Claude Pasquin Valery (known as)Publisher:
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Historical, Literary, and Artistical Travels in Italy, a Completer and Methodical Guide for Travellers and Artists
Author: Antoine Claude Pasquin Valery (known as)Publisher:
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
An Artist's Journey
Author: Franz LisztPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226485102
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Translated and annotated by Charles Suttoni. These are eloquent, personal writings which were published sporadically in the Paris press during the six years Liszt spent traveling in Switzerland, France, and Italy. They are presented in chronological order; each is thoroughly annotated and prefaced with a brief introductory chronicle. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Savage Eye
Author: Christopher StenPublisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780873384445
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
He explains when and where in Melville's wanderings throughout America, Europe, and the Near East he saw these works, then describes how Melville made use of the life and work of these artists in his own fiction and poetry. The collection includes new essays on Moby Dick and J.M.W. Turner; Melville's fascination with Dutch genre painting; his appropriation of work by Cole and Vanderlyn for his magazine fiction; his use of early representations of the plague in Israel Potter; the relationship between the satirical cartoons of Daumier and the figures of The Confidence-Man; Timoleon's many artistic subjects; and the power of classical icons to shape the moral and aesthetic conflicts in Billy Budd. Also found here are theoretical essays on Melville and the picturesque; the modernism of Melville's aesthetic vision; his "anti-architectural" theory of literature; and his extensive reading in art history and art theory, from the classical to his own period.
General Catalogue of the Books Except Fiction, French, and German, in the Public Library of Detroit, Mich
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit, Mich
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Troy Young Men's Assoc
Author: Troy Public Library (N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Troy Young Men's Association
Author: Troy Young Men's AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Impressed by Light
Author: Roger TaylorPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392252
Category : Calotype
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Photography emerged in 1839 in two forms simultaneously. In France, Louis Daguerre produced photographs on silvered sheets of copper, while in Great Britain, William Henry Fox Talbot put forward a method of capturing an image on ordinary writing paper treated with chemicals. Talbot’s invention, a paper negative from which any number of positive prints could be made, became the progenitor of virtually all photography carried out before the digital age. Talbot named his perfected invention "calotype," a term based on the Greek word for beauty. Calotypes were characterized by a capacity for subtle tonal distinctions, massing of light and shadow, and softness of detail. In the 1840s, amateur photographers in Britain responded with enthusiasm to the challenges posed by the new medium. Their subjects were wide-ranging, including landscapes and nature studies, architecture, and portraits. Glass-negative photography, which appeared in 1851, was based on the same principles as the paper negative but yielded a sharper picture, and quickly gained popularity. Despite the rise of glass negatives in commercial photography, many gentlemen of leisure and learning continued to use paper negatives into the 1850s and 1860s. These amateurs did not seek the widespread distribution and international reputation pursued by their commercial counterparts, nearly all of whom favored glass negatives. As a result, many of these calotype works were produced in a small number of prints for friends and fellow photographers or for a family album. This richly illustrated, landmark publication tells the first full history of the calotype, embedding it in the context of Britain’s changing fortunes, intricate class structure, ever-growing industrialization, and the new spirit under Queen Victoria. Of the 118 early photographs presented here in meticulously printed plates, many have never before been published or exhibited.