Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Photographs
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Ranging from nineteenth-century daguerreotypes to more recent work by photographers such as Frederick Sommer and Manuel Alvarez Bravo, the J. Paul Getty Museums collection of more than one hundred thousand images ranks among the most comprehensive holdings of rare and important photographs in the world.
The latest addition to the Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum series--which includes volumes highlighting the Museums collections of antiquities, decorative arts, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, and sculpture--this volume gathers fifty representative selections from the museums renowned Photographs collection. Each image described in fascinating detail by the curatorial staff of the Department of Photographs at the Getty Museum. Including such classics as Walker Evanss Citizen in Downtown Havana, The Whisper of the Muse by Julia Margaret Cameron, and Georgia OKeefe: A Portrait, by Alfred Stieglitz, the volume also features images by Carleton Watkins, Andr Kert sz, Man Ray, Lisette Model, and many others. This book is also available in French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
The latest addition to the Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum series--which includes volumes highlighting the Museums collections of antiquities, decorative arts, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, and sculpture--this volume gathers fifty representative selections from the museums renowned Photographs collection. Each image described in fascinating detail by the curatorial staff of the Department of Photographs at the Getty Museum. Including such classics as Walker Evanss Citizen in Downtown Havana, The Whisper of the Muse by Julia Margaret Cameron, and Georgia OKeefe: A Portrait, by Alfred Stieglitz, the volume also features images by Carleton Watkins, Andr Kert sz, Man Ray, Lisette Model, and many others. This book is also available in French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:089236517X
ISBN13:9780892365173
Release Date:April 1999
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:128 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 8.5" x 10.9"
Customer Reviews
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Great photos
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I like looking at the photos of the 1900's, they are so unique. It is amazing at what they could do with such limitations. It's very creative stuff. Of course all the photos are really great, even the 20th century works.
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