Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Titre conventionnel : [Exposition. New York, New York public library. 2018/2019]
Titre(s) : Sun gardens [Texte imprimé] : cyanotypes by Anna Atkins : [exhibition New York public library from 19 October 2018 to 17 February 2019] / [text] by Larry J. Schaaf ; edited by Joshua Chuang
Publication : New York : the New York public library, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (215 p.) : ill. ; 32 cm
Note(s) : Inclu un fac-similé de "Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions", Part
1, by Anna Atkins, issued in 1843. - Cet ouvrage est paru à l'occasion de l'exposition "Blue prints : the pioneering
photographs of Anna Atkins", au "New York public library" du 19 octobre 2018 au 17
Novembre 2019. - Bibliogr. p.202-211. Index
Anna Atkins (1799-1871) came of age in Victorian England, a particularly fertile environment
for learning and scientific discovery. Guided by her father, a prominent scientist,
Atkins was inspired by William Henry Fox Talbot to take up photography and was friends
with Sir John Herschel, who invented the cyanotype photographic process in 1842. The
next year, Atkins began making cyanotypes in an effort to illustrate and distribute
information about her herbarium. The result was 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype
Impressions', the first book to be illustrated with photographs. A decade later, she
and her friend Anne Dixon expanded their visual inquiry to flowering plants, feathers,
and other subjects. This volume is a revised and expanded edition of a long out-of-print
monograph that first secured Atkins's place in the history of photography. It draws
upon years of careful research and sets Atkins and her work in the proper context.
Supplementary texts shed new light on her productions and on the cyanotype process,
which is still used by artists today. The photographs themselves-ethereal, deeply
hued, and wonderfully intricate-are brought to life with exquisite reproductions that
are certain to win Atkins a new generation of followers. Exhibition: The New York
Public Library, New York, USA (18.10.2018-03.05.2019)
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Schaaf, Larry John (1947-....)
New York public library
Chuang, Joshua. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Atkins, Anna (1799-1871) -- Photographie
Cyanotype
Plantes
Genre ou forme : Photographie
Catalogues d'exposition
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783791357980 (rel. avec jaquette). - ISBN 3791357980 (rel. avec jaquette)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45672276x
Notice n° :
FRBNF45672276
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