1st Edition
The Expanding Eye Photography and the Nineteenth-Century Mind
By Alan Thomas
Copyright 1978
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1978. In this title, Alan Thomas examines the invention of photography in the early nineteenth century. How the members of this first "visual" generation used photography and how it changed their perceptions of the world are the subjects of this lavishly illustrated book. As the author convincingly shows, the camera’s presence was felt nearly everywhere during the course of the... Read more
1. The Expanding Gaze 2. The Journeying Eye 3. The Family Chronicle 4. Fashionable Display 5. Players and Beauties 6. Views of the Known 7. The Language of the Ordinary; Notes; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index
Biography
Alan Thomas
