9780853318217 - Beautiful and the Damned: The Creation of Identity in Ninereenth-Century Photography von Hargreaves, Roger; Hamilton, Peter; National Portrait Gallery (Great Britai... (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This volume explores the broad social and cultural context for the development of portrait photography in the 19th century, showing how social and celebrity portraiture on the one hand, and scientific photography on the other, were different facets of the 19th-century fascination with classification and ordering. Between 1860 and 1900, editions of celebrity portraits, as well as the vogue for the "carte de visite", fuelled the fashion for collecting and classifying photographs of the face. In an age of rapid industrialization and the growth of the middle classes, the carte de visite became a means of conferring social status, and family albums - which often incorporated photographs of royalty and public figures - were used to position family members within society at large. Photographic portraiture's rapid rise to popularity encouraged its diffusion to other spheres, and the portrait photograph was adopted by the new sciences and technologies to provide empirical evidence for theories of evolution, phrenology, racial types, insanity and criminality. A system of scrutiny or "surveillance" of the face emerged. "The Beautiful and the Damned", which accompanies a major show at the National Portrait Gallery, London, is a significant addition to an important new area of photographic history. Illustrated with over 100 black-and-white images, the book also provides a comprehensive visual insight into the genre and features work by key figures such as Oscar Rejlander, Bassano, Eugene Atget and Julia Margaret Cameron. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Hardcover. 121pp+ index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. Less than half-inch tear at top of DJ spine. Light tanning and edgewear. ; 8.75 X 0.75 X 10.25 inches; 121 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Hbk, v, 122 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. A clean unmarked copy in fine condition. A clean unmarked copy in fine condition. Dust wrapper also in fine condition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Beautiful and the Damned : the Creation of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Photography, held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 6 June - 7 October 2001. Contents : The beautiful and the damned - Putting faces to the names: social and celebrity portrait photography - Policing the face - Conclusion: template for a new order? [Identity (Psychology) in photography - Portrait photography - Photography History 19th century ; Exhibitions] g1020 / m13376.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Jacket has light general wear and no tears. A small area of eraser rubbing to top corner of ffep, otherwise internally very clean. Binding tight. 121pp 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 and ordering. Between 1860 and 1900, editions of celebrity portraits, as well as the vogue for the carte de visite, fuelled the fashion for collecting and classifying photographs of the face. In an age of rapid industrialisation and the growth of the middle classes, the carte de visite became a means of conferring social status, and family albums - which often incorporated photographs of royalty and public figures - were used to position family members within society at large. Size: 230mm x 265mm. Book.