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DescriptionIn the Getty Museum's collection are nearly two thousand daguerreotypes, including such notable examples as John Plumbe's The United States Capitol, one of the earliest known photographs of the building; an 1849 image of Edgar Allan Poe; and the documentation of the first public demonstration of ether for surgery. This beautiful book's prologue, based on document and letters, traces Daguerre's search for a way to produce a permanent and exact image of the natural world through a camera lens. A series of six essays discloses the tremendous impact of the daguerreotype on the worlds of science and art, and includes discussion of individual daguerreotypes that amplify Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; First Edition edition (May 28, 1998) Language: English ISBN-10: 0892363681 ISBN-13: 978-0892363681 PLZ SEED SHARING IS CARING Related Torrents
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