Title Photography, an independent art : photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum 1839-1996 / Mark Haworth-Booth

Published London : V & A Publications, 1997 1997

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Description 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm Contents The new art -- A vibrant populist enterprise -- All the world under the subjugation of art -- A fine art and a manufacturing art -- The cosmopolitan archive -- Being contemporary -- The national collection of the art of photography -- Fond wrestlers with photography Summary In providing a comprehensive introduction to this particular collection, the author also provides "a general history of photography from its beginnings as a scientific curiosity, through its international commercialization, to its coming of age as an art form in its own right."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205) and index Subject Victoria and Albert Museum -- Catalogs. Victoria and Albert Museum -- Photograph collections -- Catalogs. Victoria and Albert Museum -- Photograph collections -- Exhibitions. Victoria and Albert Museum -- Photograph collections. SUBJECT Libros de la Universidad de los Andes. Colección Cultura regional. Serie Fotografía http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98044172 -- Victoria and Albert Museum Subject Photograph collections -- England -- London -- Catalogs. Photograph collections -- England -- London -- Exhibitions. Photograph collections -- England -- London. Photography -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. Photography -- History -- 19th century. Photography -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Photography -- History -- 20th century. Photography -- History. Photography -- 19th century. Photography -- 20th century. Photography, Artistic -- Catalogs. Photography, Artistic -- History. Photography, Artistic -- Great Britain -- London Genre/Form Catalogs. Author Haworth-Booth, Mark, author Victoria and Albert Museum. LC no. 98108120 ISBN 1851772049

Other Titles Photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum 1839-1996

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