The dawn of photography [electronic resource] : French daguerreotypes, 1839-1855.

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Data file
Language
English
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Windows/Macintosh.
Published/​Created
New York, N.Y. : Metropolitan Museum of Art, c2003.
Description
1 computer optical disc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([4] p.)

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    Notes
    • Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 23, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004.
    • "An exhibition catalogue on CD-ROM."--insert.
    • "[E]xhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Réunion des musées nationaux and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris."--P. [2] of insert.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    System details
    • System requirements for Windows: Pentium PC; Windows 98/ME/2000/XP; 128 MB or more of RAM; 800 x 600 or greater display set to True Color; 8x speed or faster CD-ROM drive; compatible sound card; QuickTime 6.
    • System requirements for Macintosh: Power Macintosh (G3 or higher recommended), Mac OS 8.6/9 or Mac OS X; 32 MB or more of RAM; 800 x 600 or greater display set to thousands of colors; 8x speed or faster CD-ROM drive; QuickTime 6.
    Contents
    • Introduction (video) / Malcolm Daniel
    • The daguerreotype as object / Françoise Reynaud
    • Daguerre's black box / André Gunthert
    • The splendors and mysteries of the camera obscura: critical reaction to the daguerreotype / Dominique Planchon-de Font-Réaulx
    • "An industrial sector of considerable size": the economics of the daguerreotype in Paris, 1839-50 / Quentin Bajac
    • The daguerreotype in the French provinces: an unending story / Sylvain Morand
    • The "observational evidence" of daguerreotypes in anthropology / Christine Barthe
    • Reversals of fortune / Stephen C. Pinson.
    Other title(s)
    French daguerreotypes, the dawn of photography.
    ISBN
    • 1588391019 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
    • 0300101899 (Yale University Press)
    OCLC
    197365230
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