Seduced by art : photography past and present /
| Author / Creator: | Kingsley, Hope. |
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| Imprint: | London : National Gallery Co., ; [New Haven, Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2012. |
| Description: | 215 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8939150 |
| Summary: | Today's photography is part of our own cultural moment, but it also arises from artistic traditions of the past. Seduced by Art looks at the effects of art and its history on the creation of photographs, tracing continuities in aims, visual style, and technical experimentation. This sumptuous book shows how photographers such as Julia Margaret Cameron sought to elevate the status of their work by referencing Old Masters. Similarly, contemporary practitioners look to their photographic predecessors, as well as art history, for inspiration. Among the many photographers featured are Ori Gersht, Luc Delahaye, Thomas Struth, Tom Hunter, and Helen Chadwick, and paintings from Caravaggio, Zurbarán, Delacroix, Ingres, Constable, and others. Each chapter takes a genre--portraiture, the nude, still life, and landscape--and discusses the challenges that each poses for photographers. Interviews with Tina Barney, Rineke Dijkstra, Richard Billingham, Richard Learoyd, Sarah Jones, and Maisie Maud Broadhead focus in-depth on contemporary working practices. |
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| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, Oct. 31, 2012-Jan. 20, 2013, the CaixaForum Barcelona, Feb. 21-May 19, 2013 and at the CaixaForum Madrid, June 19-Sept. 15, 2013. |
| Physical Description: | 215 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781857095456 1857095456 9781857095685 1857095685 |
