Images of the West : survey photography in French collections, 1860-1880 /
"As American settlement expanded westward in the 1860s, the U.S. government undertook large-scale investigations of its new territories. Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880 presents memorable glass-plate photographs from these federal surveys. The selection i...
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Giverny : [Chicago] :
Musée d'Art Américain ; Terra Foundation for American Art,
[2007]
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "As American settlement expanded westward in the 1860s, the U.S. government undertook large-scale investigations of its new territories. Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880 presents memorable glass-plate photographs from these federal surveys. The selection includes breathtaking views of such iconic sites as Yosemite, as well as lesser-known ethnographic portraits taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, William H. Jackson, and William Bell, among others. The accompanying essays discuss how the photographs were used to promote white settlement, how their distribution at home and abroad contributed to the aggrandizement of the American West, and how the exploitative ideology underlying the use of photography extended to attitudes toward both American landscapes and American Indians"--Publisher's description |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (135 pages) : 97 illustrations (some color), maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-133) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300260175 0300260172 |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record and online resource (A and AePortal, viewed on March 18, 2021). |
| Action Note: | digitized |