Building With Light: the International History of Architectural Photography
by Elwall, Robert
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- Hardcover
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- Fine in fine dust-jacket
- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9781858942155
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About This Item
London: Merrell, 2004. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust-jacket. White large quarto, mylar wrap; 240 pages: illustrations (some color); 29 cm. Contents: The triumph of the apparatus, 1839-1860 -- Volumes of hints, suggestions, and realities, 1860-1895 -- Printer's ink and pictorialism, 1880-1925 -- The new vision, 1925-1945 -- Photography ascendant, 1945-1975 -- Colour and computers, 1975-present. "This book offers an exploration of the development of architectural photography and some of its key themes. From the earliest examples of the genre in the nineteenth century to today's digital revolution, Robert Elwall focuses on the changing aesthetic of the medium worldwide. Included are such topics as the early influence of architectural drawing; the growth of specialist photographic firms documenting the nineteenth-century building boom; the influence of photography on both architectural practice and history; the invention of half-tone reproduction; the role of photography in the spread of Modernism; the impact of colour photography during the 1970s and 1980s; and the increasing use of computers to shape a new direction." "Authoritatively written by a world-renowned expert and illustrated with images from collections throughout the world, this study is essential reading for anyone interested in architecture, photography and the history of their special relationship."--Jacket. Architectural photography. Photographie d'architecture. Architectural photography. Architectuurfotografie. Photographie architecturale.
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
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- Title
- Building With Light: the International History of Architectural Photography
- Author
- Elwall, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust-jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- ISBN 10
- 1858942152
- ISBN 13
- 9781858942155
- Publisher
- Merrell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
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