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The Early American Daguerreotype : Cross-Currents in Art and Technology.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (227 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262334099
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Early American DaguerreotypeDDC classification:
  • 772/.12
LOC classification:
  • TR365 -- .G555 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "Rembrandt Perfected" -- 2 "All Nature Shall Be Henceforth Its Own Painter" -- 3 "We Will Not Bore Our Readers with Any More Chemistry" -- 4 "The American Process" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The American daguerreotype as something completely new: a mechanical invention that produced an image, a hybrid of fine art and science and technology.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "Rembrandt Perfected" -- 2 "All Nature Shall Be Henceforth Its Own Painter" -- 3 "We Will Not Bore Our Readers with Any More Chemistry" -- 4 "The American Process" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The American daguerreotype as something completely new: a mechanical invention that produced an image, a hybrid of fine art and science and technology.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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