{"product_id":"in-light-of-rome-early-photography-in-the-capital-of-the-art-world-1842-1871-hardcover","title":"In Light of Rome: Early Photography in the Capital of the Art World, 1842-1871 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn F. McGuigan Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrank H. Goodyear III\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaria Francesca Bonetti\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive study of Rome's contribution to the early history of photography traces the medium's rise from a fledgling science to a dynamic form of artistic expression that forever changed the way we perceive the Eternal City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors examine the diverse transnational group of photographers who thrived in the cosmopolitan art center of Rome--and the pivotal role they played in the refinement and technical development of the nascent medium in the nineteenth century. The book ranges from the earliest pioneers--the French daguerreotypist Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey and the Welsh calotypist Calvert Richard Jones--to the work of the Roman School of Photography and its successors, among them James Anderson and Robert Macpherson of Britain; Frédéric Flachéron, Firmin Eugène Le Dien, and Gustave Le Gray of France; and Giacomo Caneva, Adriano de Bonis, and Pietro Dovizielli of Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavishly illustrated with 112 plates, many never before published, by nearly fifty practitioners, this volume expands our understanding of the place of Rome in early photography. An exhibition of the same title, to open at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in December 2022, accompanies this study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJohn F. McGuigan Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e is an independent art historian and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eJames E. Freeman, 1808-1884: An American Painter in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJohn Gadsby Chapman: America's First Artist-Etcher\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAt the Foot of the Pyramid: 300 Years of the Cemetery for Foreigners in Rome\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFrank H. Goodyear III\u003c\/strong\u003e is codirector of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. His most recent publications include \u003ci\u003eMarcia Resnick: As It Is or Could Be\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAt First Light: Two Centuries of Maine Artists, Their Homes and Studios\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWinslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 11.18 x 9.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51831385817376,"sku":"9780271094885","price":125.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/035623a7fc0e21b22220fda77c9c6583.webp?v=1781268946","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-light-of-rome-early-photography-in-the-capital-of-the-art-world-1842-1871-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}