On Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War by Elizabeth Yo

Description: On Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War by Elizabeth Young, Anthony W. Lee Soon after Alexander Gardners "Photographic Sketch Book" was published, in 1866, it became the Civil Wars best-known visual record and helped define how viewers would come to know the war. This study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Soon after Alexander Gardners Photographic Sketch Bookwas published, in 1866, it became the Civil Wars best-known visual record and helped define how viewers, then and in subsequent generations, would come to know the war. Gardners classic also became foundational in the history of American photography, combining, for the first time, words and images in a sophisticated and moving account. This book, written by the art historian Anthony W. Lee and the literary scholar Elizabeth Young, interprets the story of the war as told by Gardner, unraveling his careful choice of words and images and the complicated play between them, and understanding them against the backdrop of the literary and photographic cultures of the American antebellum and Reconstruction eras. This book presents a unique study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history. Flap "Lee and Young have admirably elucidated this foundational volume in the history of American photography by developing references that emerge from prior readings of these images, as well as thoughtfully producing new ways of seeing the landscapes Gardner presents. The book makes available to a wide audience one of the most important photographic records of any war and certainly the most interesting visual record of the American Civil War. This is superior scholarship."--Shirley Samuels, author of Facing America: Iconography and the Civil War "Anthony Lee and Elizabeth Youngs deceptively slim volume is a complex, enlightening, and elegant study of a significant Civil War-era document that also greatly enhances our understanding of nineteenth-century visual culture. The analysis and format of this collaborative effort will serve as a model for cultural scholarship for years to come."--Joshua Brown, author of Beyond the Lines: Pictorial Reporting, Everyday Life, and the Crisis of Gilded Age America "In this beautifully written analysis of one of the most important works of nineteenth-century American photography, Lee and Young restore Gardners Sketch Book to its rightful place as a key document of American history. At once a report of a newsworthy event and a meditation on its historical meaning, Gardners album is less unmediated reportage than a carefully constructed argument. In clear, lucid prose, Lee and Young help us understand just how Gardner made this work that helped fix the Civil War in American memory."--Martha A. Sandweiss, author of Print the Legend: Photography and the American West Author Biography Anthony W. Lee is Associate Professor of Art History at Mount Holyoke College. He is the author of Painting on the Left: Diego Rivera, Radical Politics, and San Franciscos Public Murals (1999) and Picturing Chinatown: Art and Orientalism in San Francisco (2001), both from UC Press. Elizabeth Young is Associate Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College. She is the author of Disarming the Nation: Womens Writing and the American Civil War (1999) and the forthcoming American Frankenstein: Race, Sex, and the Politics of Monstrosity. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction The Image of War Anthony W. Lee Verbal Battlefields Elizabeth Young Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index Long Description Soon after Alexander GardnersPhotographic Sketch Bookof the Civil War was published, in 1866, it became the Civil Wars best-known visual record and helped define how viewers, then and in subsequent generations, would come to know the war. Gardners classic also became foundational in the history of American photography, combining for the first time words and images in a sophisticated and moving account. This book, written by the art historian Anthony W. Lee and the literary scholar Elizabeth Young, interprets the story of the war as told by Gardner, unraveling his careful choice of words and images and the complicated play between them, and understanding them against the backdrop of the literary and photographic cultures of the American antebellum and Reconstruction eras. Lees essay looks at how and why Gardners photographs became visual icons and how Gardner developed his racial and political agenda in acts of both omission and commission. Youngs essay considers Gardners sophisticated writings as well as photographs and compares their treatment of race and gender to that in other contemporary representations. This book presents a unique study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history. Details ISBN0520253310 Author Anthony W. Lee Short Title ON ALEXANDER GARDNERS PHOTOGRA Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520253310 ISBN-13 9780520253315 Media Book Format Paperback Series Number 01 Edition 1st Imprint University of California Press Country of Publication United States Birth 1960 Place of Publication Berkerley DOI 10.1604/9780520253315 UK Release Date 2008-01-05 AU Release Date 2008-01-05 NZ Release Date 2008-01-05 US Release Date 2008-01-05 Pages 128 Series Defining Moments in Photography Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-01-05 DEWEY 973.7072 Illustrations 27 duotones Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161741944;

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