In Light of Rome : : Early Photography in the Capital of the Art World, 1842–1871 / / John F. McGuigan, Jr., Frank H. Goodyear III.

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• VerfasserIn: McGuigan, Jr., John F.,; Goodyear III, Frank H.,
• MitwirkendeR: Bonetti, Maria Francesca,; Goodyear, Frank H.,; McGuigan, John F.,; McKee, Katherine,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2022]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

This comprehensive study of Rome’s contribution to the early history of photography traces the medium’s rise from a fledgling science to a dynamic form of artistic expression that forever changed the way we perceive the Eternal City.The authors examine the diverse transnational group of photographer...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgmements
• Part 1 “ The Effulgent Light of a Southern Sky” Early Photography in Rome , 1839–1871
• Introduction: The Discovery
• 1. The Daguerreotype
• 2. The Calotype
• 3. The Roman School of Photography
• 4. The 1850s
• 5. The 1860s
• Part 2 A Few Questions About Photography in Nineteenth-Century Rome
• Introduction
• Plates
• Appendix 1 Richard W. Thomas, “Photography in Rome,” 1852
• Appendix 2 Note on the Photographers, Photographic Establishments, and Their Assistants in the Various Districts of Rome, ca. 1866
• Artist Biographies
• Chronology of Roman History, 1831 to 1878
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index