{"product_id":"photography-and-its-critics-a-cultural-history-1839-1900-hardback-9780521550437","title":"Photography and its Critics; A Cultural History, 1839–1900 (Hardback) 9780521550437","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePhotography and its Critics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Cultural History, 1839–1900\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst published in 1997, Photography and its Critics offers an overview of nineteenth-century American and European writing about photography.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary Warner Marien (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521550437, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 May 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e242 pages\u003cbr\u003e26.1 x 18.9 x 2 cm, 0.84 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"marien's book is rich in its materials, both primary and secondary....The effect in general is of a branch of cultural history being thought through--...expounding on how nineteenth-century photographs of different kinds presented themselves.  This...the field sorely needs.\"   Mark Roskill, Visual Resources\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst published in 1997, Photography and its Critics offers an overview of nineteenth-century American and European writing about photography from such disparate fields as art theory, social reform, and physiology. The earliest criticism of the invention was informed by an ample legacy of notions about objectivity, appearances, and copying. Received ideas about neutral vision, intuitive genius, and progress in art also shaped nineteenth-century understanding of photography. In this study, Mary Warner Marien argues that photography was an important social and cultural symbol for modernity and change in several fields, such as art and social reform. Moreover, she demonstrates how photography quickly emerged as a pliant symbol for modernity and change, one that could as easily oppose progress as promote democracy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The origins of photographic discourse\u003cbr\u003e 2. Photography and the modern in nineteenth-century thought\u003cbr\u003e 3. Art, photography and society\u003cbr\u003e 4. Forced to be free: photography, literacy, and mass culture\u003cbr\u003e 5. The lure of modernity\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: ghosts: photography and the modern\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographic survey.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Photography \u0026amp; photographs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Photography \u0026amp; photographs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Photography%20\u0026amp;%20photographs%20%5BAJ%5D%22\"\u003eAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004334002456,"sku":"9780521550437","price":107.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521550437i_b5a32ef6-fc53-41f8-86d6-a99c4ac2c0be.jpg?v=1691369567","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/photography-and-its-critics-a-cultural-history-1839-1900-hardback-9780521550437","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}