Photography and Other Media in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)

In this volume, leading scholars of photography and media examine photography’s vital role in the evolution of media and communication in the nineteenth century. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the introduction of telegraphy, the development of a cheaper and more reliable postal service, the rise of the mass-circulation press, and the emergence of the railway dramatically changed the way people communicated and experienced time and space. Concurrently, photography developed as a medium that changed how images were produced and circulated. Yet, for the most part, photography of the era is studied outside the field of media history. The contributors to this volume challenge those established disciplinary boundaries as they programmatically explore the intersections of photography and “new media� during a period of fast-paced change. Their essays look at the emergence and early history of photography in the context of broader changes in the history of communications; the role of the nascent photographic press in photography’s infancy; and the development of photographic techniques as part of a broader media culture that included the mass-consumed novel, sound recording, and cinema. Featuring essays by noteworthy historians in photography and media history, this discipline-shifting examination of the communication revolution of the nineteenth century is an essential addition to the field of media studies. In addition to the editors, contributors to this volume are Geoffrey Batchen, Geoffrey Belknap, Lynn Berger, Jan von Brevern, Anthony Enns, André Gaudreault, Lisa Gitelman, David Henkin, Erkki Huhtamo, Philippe Marion, Peppino Ortoleva, Steffen Siegel, Richard Taws, and Kim Timby.

General

Imprint:	Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Nicoletta Leonardi (Professor of Art History) • Simone Natale (Lecturer)
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 254mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-271-07915-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Pre-Raphaelite art Promotions
LSN:	0-271-07915-0
Barcode:	9780271079158

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