Napoleon Sarony's Living Pictures : : The Celebrity Photograph in Gilded Age New York / / Erin Pauwels.

Napoleon Sarony was once one of the most famous names in American photography. During the Gilded Age, his grand portrait studio with its one-story-high marquee reproducing the photographer's signature in golden letters was a New York City landmark visited by celebrities such as Oscar Wilde, Sar...

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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2023]
2024
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (268 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Portrait of the Artist
  • 2. Public Images
  • 3. Consuming Copies
  • 4. A Signature Look
  • 5. Objects of Art
  • 6. Living Pictures / Modern Art
  • Conclusion: Nineteenth- Century Afterimages
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index