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A unique portrait of nineteenth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of the first generation of British photographers

This book examines the ways in which the new medium of photography influenced the British experience, appreciation, and perception of Italy in the nineteenth century. Setting photography within a long history of image making—beginning with the eighteenth-century Grand Tour and transformed by the inventions of William Henry Fox Talbot and Louis Daguerre—this beautifully illustrated book features many previously unpublished images alongside the work of well-known photographers. The sixteen essays in this volume explore photography as a vehicle for visual translation and cultural exchange.

Distributed for the Yale Center for British Art

The Idea of Italy: Photography and the British Imagination, 1840-1900

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Hardback by Maria Antonella Pelizzari , Scott Wilcox

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    Publisher: Yale Center for British Art
    Publication Date: 10/05/2022
    ISBN13: 9780300263831, 978-0300263831
    ISBN10: 030026383X

    Number of Pages: 288

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    A unique portrait of nineteenth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of the first generation of British photographers

    This book examines the ways in which the new medium of photography influenced the British experience, appreciation, and perception of Italy in the nineteenth century. Setting photography within a long history of image making—beginning with the eighteenth-century Grand Tour and transformed by the inventions of William Henry Fox Talbot and Louis Daguerre—this beautifully illustrated book features many previously unpublished images alongside the work of well-known photographers. The sixteen essays in this volume explore photography as a vehicle for visual translation and cultural exchange.

    Distributed for the Yale Center for British Art

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