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Henry Peach Robinson
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Henry Peach Robinson
Describes the life and career of Robinson, shows examples of his landscapes, portraits, narrative scenes, and composite photographs, and discusses his technique
The Linked Ring
"This book aims to establish the importance of the Linked Ring in the development of the aesthetic of photography and recognition of the medium as an art in its own right during the early years of the twentieth century. The concept of photographer as both artist and craftsman was an important aspect of Linked Ring philosophy and was demonstrated by Links (members of the Linked Ring) by the unification of photographic images with their presentation for display."--Introduction
The Photographic Journal
Vols. for 1853- include the transactions of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain.
Conversations in Cold Rooms
In what ways did gender influence the shape of poverty, and of poor women's work, in Victorian England? This book explores the problem in the context of nineteenth-century Northumberland, examining urban and rural conditions for women, poor relief debates and practices, philanthropic activity, working-class cultures, and 'protective' intervention in women's employment.
Tourism, Land and Landscape in Ireland
This study, exploring a broad range of evocative Irish travel writing from 1850 to 1914, much of it highly entertaining and heavily laced with irony and humour, draws out interplays between tourism, travel literature and commodifications of culture. It focuses on the importance of informal tourist economies, illicit dimensions of tourism, national landscapes, ‘legend’ and invented tradition in modern tourism.
The Magic Screen
The story of the (now restored) Regent Street Cinema is the fourth volume exploring the University of Westminster's long and diverse history. This multi-authored volume tells its history from architectural, educational, legal and cinematic perspectives and is richly illustrated throughout with images from the University of Westminster archive.
Impressionism in Britain
Late in his career, Claude Monet returned to London to paint the fog that had entranced him years before. The resulting sequence of pictures represents some of the fascination that French painters felt for Britain. Similarly, many British collectors and young painters embraced and were influenced by the work of the French Impressionists. This book describes the activities of the French Impressionist painters on their visits to Britain, considers the dissemination of Impressionist painting through British dealers and collectors, explores the response of artists from Britain and Ireland to the Impressionist movement, and sets all of these against the backdrop of late Victorian and Edwardian Br...
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