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UNINA9910465862203321 |
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Gillespie Sarah Kate |
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Titolo |
The early American daguerreotype : cross-currents in art and technology / / Sarah Kate Gillespie |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-33410-0 |
0-262-33409-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Collana |
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Lemelson center studies in invention and innovation |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Daguerreotype - United States - History - 19th century |
Photographers - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "Rembrandt Perfected"; 2 "All Nature Shall Be Henceforth Its Own Painter"; 3 "We Will Not Bore Our Readers with Any More Chemistry"; 4 "The American Process"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The American daguerreotype as something completely new: a mechanical invention that produced an image, a hybrid of fine art and science and technology. |
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