Book ID: CBB365899083

The Early American Daguerreotype: Cross-Currents in Art and Technology (2016)

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Gillespie, Sarah (Author)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 2016
Edition Details: Book Series: Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series
Language: English

Gillespie maps the evolution of the daguerreotype, as medium and as profession, from its introduction to the ascendancy of the "American process," tracing its relationship to other fields and the professionalization of those fields. She does so by recounting the activities of a series of American daguerreotypists, including fine artists, scientists, and mechanical tinkerers. She describes, for example, experiments undertaken by Samuel F. B. Morse as he made the transition from artist to inventor; how artists made use of the daguerreotype, both borrowing conventions from fine art and establishing new ones for a new medium; the use of the daguerreotype in various sciences, particularly astronomy; and technological innovators who drew on their work in the mechanical arts.

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Authors & Contributors
Gillespie, Sarah
Jacobson, Brian R.
Stefanie Klamm
Cara A. Finnegan
DeCourcy, Elisa
Jolly, Martyn
Concepts
Photography
Technology
Daguerreotype
Technology and art
Science and art
Technology and culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
21st century
Places
United States
France
Germany
Great Britain
England
Naples (Italy)
Institutions
American Vitagraph Company
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Gaumont
Edison Manufacturing Company
Pathet Frères
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