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Examines Rome’s contribution to the technical and artistic development of photography up to 1871, focusing on experimental painter-photographers and the adoption of the medium as an equal branch of art.



Table of Contents

Foreword

Maria Francesca Bonetti

Acknowledgements

Part 1: “The Effulgent Light of a Southern Sky”: Early Photography in Rome, 1839–1871

John F. McGuigan, Jr.

Introduction: The Discovery

1. The Daguerreotype

2. The Calotype

3. The Roman School of Photography

4. The 1850s

5. The 1860s

Part 2: A Few Questions About Photography in Nineteenth-Century Rome

Frank H. Goodyear III

Plates

Appendix 1: Richard W. Thomas, “Photography in Rome,” 1852

Appendix 2: Note on the Photographers, Photographic Establishments, and Their Assistants in the Various Districts of Rome, ca. 1866

Artist Biographies

Chronology of Roman History, 1831 to 1878

Notes

Bibliography

Index

In Light of Rome Early Photography in the Capital

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      Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
      Publication Date: 14/02/2023
      ISBN13: 9780271094885, 978-0271094885
      ISBN10: 0271094885

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Examines Rome’s contribution to the technical and artistic development of photography up to 1871, focusing on experimental painter-photographers and the adoption of the medium as an equal branch of art.



      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      Maria Francesca Bonetti

      Acknowledgements

      Part 1: “The Effulgent Light of a Southern Sky”: Early Photography in Rome, 1839–1871

      John F. McGuigan, Jr.

      Introduction: The Discovery

      1. The Daguerreotype

      2. The Calotype

      3. The Roman School of Photography

      4. The 1850s

      5. The 1860s

      Part 2: A Few Questions About Photography in Nineteenth-Century Rome

      Frank H. Goodyear III

      Plates

      Appendix 1: Richard W. Thomas, “Photography in Rome,” 1852

      Appendix 2: Note on the Photographers, Photographic Establishments, and Their Assistants in the Various Districts of Rome, ca. 1866

      Artist Biographies

      Chronology of Roman History, 1831 to 1878

      Notes

      Bibliography

      Index

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