Faces: A Narrative History of the Portrait in Photography
by Maddow, Ben et. al
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/VG- (light foxing to text block, pages are otherwise clean and clear. Light scuffing to dust jacket)
- ISBN 10
- 0821207032
- ISBN 13
- 9780821207031
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (light foxing to text block, pages are otherwise clean and clear. Light scuffing to dust jacket). Black cloth with silver lettering; black DJ with white lettering; 540 pp. Numerous bw plates. Contents include: A defiance of time: the tradition of portraiture -- The third eye: the beginnings of photography -- The sun as artist: calotype and daguerreotype -- A democracy of portraits: America in the nineteenth century -- Trailing clouds of glory: Victorian England -- Intellectual barricades: the nineteenth century in France -- Nature improved I: pictorialism in Europe -- Nature improved II: pictorialism in America -- Class and conscience I: Europe -- Class and conscience II: America -- Class and conscience III: America into the thirties and beyond -- Class and conscience IV: America now -- Inside or outside I: the studio portrait in the twentieth century -- Inside or outside II: circle of the famous -- Inside or outside III: intimate visions -- Stills from an infinite movie: street portraits.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19442
- Title
- Faces: A Narrative History of the Portrait in Photography
- Author
- Maddow, Ben et. al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/VG- (light foxing to text block, pages are otherwise clean and clear. Light scuffing to dust jacket)
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0821207032
- ISBN 13
- 9780821207031
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- portraiture ; Portraiture ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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