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Author Kossoy, Boris, author

Title The pioneering photographic work of Hercule Florence / Boris Kossoy
Published New York : Routledge, 2018
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Series Routledge History of Photography
Routledge history of photography.
Contents Part PART I The Brazil of Hercule Florence -- chapter 1 Brazil at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century -- chapter 2 The Inventor's Youth -- chapter 3 His Arrival in Brazil -- chapter 4 The Langsdorff Expedition -- chapter 5 Vila de Sa˜o Carlos -- chapter 6 First Researches and Discoveries -- chapter 7 Campinas' First Printing Press. The Periodical O Paulista -- chapter 8 From the Pictorial Representation to the Salle Obscure -- chapter 9 Hercule Florence's Other Activities After 1839 -- part PART II Photography -- chapter 10 Rediscovering the World -- chapter 11 Europe in the Eighteenth Century -- chapter 12 The Multiple Inventions of Photography -- chapter 13 The Announcement in Brazil of Daguerre's Discovery -- chapter 14 References to Florence's Discovery by Various Authors -- chapter 15 References Registered by Florence About His Discovery -- part PART III Reconstitution and Confirmation of Florence's Discovery -- chapter 16 Critical Examination of the Sources: Methodology -- chapter 17 Written Sources -- chapter 18 Iconographic Sources -- chapter 19 Other Sources -- chapter 20 Florence's Statements to the Brazilian Press -- chapter 21 Chemical Confirmation of Hercule Florence's Experiments
Summary "This book delivers an in-depth analysis of Hercule Florence, who is virtually unknown despite being among the world's photographic pioneers. Based on the texts of various manuscripts, letters, diaries, notes, and advertisements, this book answers numerous questions surrounding Florence's work, including the materials, methods, and techniques he employed and why it took more than a century for his discovery to come to light. Kossoy's groundbreaking research establishes Florence's use of "photographie" to describe the product of his experiments, half a decade before Sir John Herschel recommended "photography" to Henry Fox Talbot. This book aims to change the fact that despite its cultural and historical importance, Florence's photographic breakthrough remains largely unknown in the English-speaking world."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 28, 2018)
Subject Florence, Hercules, 1804-1879.
SUBJECT Florence, Hercules, 1804-1879 fast
Subject Photography -- History
Photography
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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