| Description |
590 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 31cm |
| Contents |
I. A Reluctant Modernism: 1885-1915. A New Age. Art and Photography. The Generation of 1902 -- II. Abstraction and Realism: 1915-1940. "A World Bursting with New Ideas" Purism and Pictorialism. The New Vision. American Documents. The Triumph of Photography -- III. From Public to Private Concerns: 1940-1965. In the Shadow of War. From Document to Metaphor. Multitude, Solitude. Art and Commerce. New Perspectives: Into the '60s -- IV. The Image Transformed 1965-Present. The Photography Boom. A New Pluralism. Art and Photography. Themes and Variations: Photography at the Century's End. Coda: The Digital Revolution |
| Summary |
The book accompanies a major traveling exhibition of masterworks from the Hallmark Photographic Collection, one of the most renowned holdings of its kind in the world |
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An American Century of Photography is an introduction to, and an original exploration of, the most vital age of American photography, which began just over a century ago with the advent of the dry-plate technology and the hand camera. Now, at the turn of the twenty-first century, photography is in the midst of another major technological change, one brought on by the impact of the computer. This remarkable evolution is documented here through a detailed discussion of important artists, images, and ideas. Accompanying the definitive text are state-of-the-art reproductions of 499 works, ranging from such iconic photographs as Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother to a host of previously little-known or unpublished images. The variety of the selection greatly expands our understanding of the complexities and riches of American photography from the late nineteenth century to the present |
| Notes |
Accompanies a traveling exhibition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Hallmark Photographic Collection -- Exhibitions.
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Photography -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Photography -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs.
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| Author |
Davis, Keith F., 1952-
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Hallmark Photographic Collection.
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| LC no. |
98054099 |
| ISBN |
0810963787 |
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0875298117 (paperback) |
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