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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Image fixe. Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Keller, Corey
Titre(s) : Signs and wonders [Texte imprimé] : the photographs of John Beasley Greene / Corey Keller
Publication : Munich : Prestel, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (175 p.) : ill. en noir ; 30 cm
Note(s) : Bio-bibliogr. p. 162-171. - "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Signs and Wonders: The
Photographs of John Beasley Greene organized by Corey Keller for the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art. Exhibition itinerary: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, August
31, 2019-January 5, 2020 ; Art Institute of Chicago, February 8-May 31, 2020"--Colophon
"This book features the vintage archaeological photography of John Beasley Greene,
one of the first photographers in Egypt and Algeria." ; "Few figures in 19th-century
photography remain as elusive and intriguing as John Beasley Greene (1832-1856). Over
the course of an exceptionally brief career, he produced a body of photographs that
were publicly admired by his peers and continue to capture the imagination of contemporary
audiences. Born in France to an American banker and trained in the medium of photography
by Gustave Le Gray, he would be among those early practitioners drawn to Egypt hoping
to unravel the mysteries inscribed on its ancient monuments. He traveled there twice,
between 1853 and 1855, producing straightforward documentation of the hieroglyphic
texts and monuments of most interest to archaeologists, as well as some of the most
evocative landscape studies ever made in the Middle East. The pictorial economy of
these views--all endless sweeps of desert sand and expansive, cloudless skies--is
still stunning today. The work he made in Algeria is similarly divided between archaeological
investigation and breathtaking visual studies. 'Signs and Wonders' introduces Greene's
work to a new audience with 100 prints and a fascinating text by Corey Keller that
reconsiders his photographic legacy, situation his work in the context of critical
developments in both archaeology and photography."
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Photographs of John Beasley Greene
Autre(s) titre(s) conventionnel(s) : [Exposition. San Francisco, San Francisco museum of modern art. 2019/2020]
[Exposition. Chicago, Art institute. 2020]
Sujet(s) : Greene, John Beasley (1832-1856)
Genre ou forme : Catalogues
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783791358468. - ISBN 3791358464
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465632716
Notice n° :
FRBNF46563271
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