Photography

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THE WORLD OF ART
^^ Photography
A Concise History Ian Jeffrey 136 illustrations, 8 in colour
We are currently witnessing an unprecedented degree of public interest in the art of photography, reflected in publications, exhibitions, the rise of priváté and museum collecting, the egtablishment of photographic galleries, the introduction of photography as a subject in academic courses aTong with árt and art history.
This book answers the need for a concise general history of photography which has a critical rather than a technical slant. What is important about certain photographs and photographers? What are the criteria for evaluating photographs? Why do certain pictures deserve our attention or merit preservation ? What is the particular nature of photographic vision ? How do we reconcile the nature of the photographic medium, inherently involved with tiiine, accident and 'reality', and the preoccupation of art with form, permanence and essence? s
Ian Jeffrey's brilliant study... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE WORLD OF ART
^^ Photography
A Concise History Ian Jeffrey 136 illustrations, 8 in colour
We are currently witnessing an unprecedented degree of public interest in the art of photography, reflected in publications, exhibitions, the rise of priváté and museum collecting, the egtablishment of photographic galleries, the introduction of photography as a subject in academic courses aTong with árt and art history.
This book answers the need for a concise general history of photography which has a critical rather than a technical slant. What is important about certain photographs and photographers? What are the criteria for evaluating photographs? Why do certain pictures deserve our attention or merit preservation ? What is the particular nature of photographic vision ? How do we reconcile the nature of the photographic medium, inherently involved with tiiine, accident and 'reality', and the preoccupation of art with form, permanence and essence? s
Ian Jeffrey's brilliant study investigates all these issues through an | examination of the work of seminal photographers iri Britain, America and
Europe from Fox Talbot to today's masters.
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Ian Jeffrey read history at M^nTchester University and went on to postgraduate studies in Italian Renaissance art at the Courtauld Institute. Since 1970 he has taught art history át the Univérsity of London Gold-smiths' College. His writings have appeared in^e London Magazine, Studio International and Creative Camera, and he has organized or collaborated in a number of exhibitions for the Arts Council of Great ^ Britain, including The Real Thing (Hayward Gallery, 1974), a survey o| -British photography from its origins; Cityscape (Royal Academy, 1978), on urban themes in the art of the United States, Britain and Germany; and most recently The Thirties (Hayward Gallery, 1980).
On the cover: Robert Walker, Central Park, New York City, 1979' (by courtesy of the photographer) Vissza