ALL THE MIGHTY WORLD: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860

Baldwin, Gordon; Daniel, Malcolm; Greenough, Sarah

ISBN 10: 0300104901 / ISBN 13: 9780300104905

Edité par Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004

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This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This large, landscape, illustrated book weighs in at 2 Kgs. Roger Fenton (1819-1869) was England?s most celebrated and influential photographer during the 1850s, the golden age? of this radically new medium. Fenton?s majestic pictures of cathedrals, country houses, and varied countryside were without peer in England as were his views of the royal castles and Houses of Parliament that embodied Britain?s power. But Fenton?s choice of subjects ranged more widely still: he was among the first to photograph the Kremlin and other landmarks of Moscow and Kiev; he was commissioned in 1855 to document the Crimean War, producing early war photographs; and he created theatrical Orientalist costume pictures and a startling series of lush still lifes. Fenton had first studied law and painting, but soon after he took up the camera he was making photographs that were technically superb and highly original in their handling of composition, perspective, atmosphere, and light. Always he strove to demonstrate that photography could equal the art of painting and even surpass it. He was the force behind the founding of the Photographic Society (later the Royal Photographic Society), which worked to advance the profession and encouraged the exhibition of members? works throughout Britain. In a career of a single decade, Fenton did much to transform photography into a medium of powerful expression and visual delight. This exquisitely produced book the first comprehensive publication on Fenton in almost twenty years presents eighty-five of the artist?s finest photographs and discusses every aspect of his work and his remarkable career. Ref V V 1.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: ALL THE MIGHTY WORLD: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860
• Éditeur: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0300104901
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780300104905
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Roger Fenton (Photography)
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New

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Roger Fenton (1819-1869) was England's most celebrated and influential photographer during the 1850s, the "golden age" of this radically new medium. Fenton's majestic pictures of cathedrals, country houses, and varied countryside were without peer in England - as were his views of the royal castles and Houses of Parliament that embodied Britain's power. But Fenton's choice of subjects ranged more widely still: he was among the first to photograph the Kremlin and other landmarks of Moscow and Kiev; he was commissioned in 1855 to document the Crimean War, producing early war photographs; and he created theatrical Orientalist costume pictures and a startling series of lush still lifes. Fenton had first studied law and painting, but soon after he took up the camera he was making photographs that were technically superb and highly original in their handling of composition, perspective, atmosphere, and light. Always he strove to demonstrate that photography could equal the art of painting and even surpass it. He was the force behind the founding of the Photographic Society (later the Royal Photographic Society), which worked to advance the profession and encouraged the exhibition of members' works throughout Britain. In a career of a single decade, Fenton did much to transform photography into a medium of powerful expression and visual delight. This exquisitely produced book - the first comprehensive publication on Fenton in almost twenty years - presents eighty-five of the artist's finest photographs and discusses every aspect of his work and his remarkable career. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (October 17, 2004, to January 2, 2005); the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (February 1 to April 25, 2005); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (May 16 to August 14, 2005); and Tate Britain, London (September 25, 2005, to January 2, 2006).