On Alexander Gardner's <i>Photographic Sketch Book</i> of the Civil War (Defining Moments in American Photography)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 5, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780520253315
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Historiography; History of specific subjects; Photographic reportage; c 1800 to c 1900; Art & Art Instruction; Photography; Photo Techniques; USA; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions; General; Individual Photographer; United States - Civil War; Art / General; Americas (North Central South West Indies); 1821-1882.; Civil War, 1861-1865; Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war; Gardner, Alexander,; History; Photographic criticism; Pictorial works; Virginia
Description: "Soon after Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Bookwas published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and helped define how viewers, then and in subsequent generations, would come to know the war. Gardner's classic also became foundational in the history of American photography, combining, for the first time, words and images in a sophisticated and moving account. This book, written by the art historian Anthony W. Lee and the literary scholar Elizabeth Young, interprets the story of the war as told by Gardner, unraveling his careful choice of words and images and the complicated play between them, and understanding them against the backdrop of the literary and photographic cultures of the American antebellum and Reconstruction eras. This book presents a unique study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007000212-d.html.