PARALLEL LINES

This abundantly illustrated book investigates for the first time the complex and lively interactions between painting, printmaking, and photography in France during the 1800s. Cultural historian Stephen Bann explores why rising reproductive media did not supplant traditional modes and how, instead, printmakers, photographers, and painters influenced and inspired each other's work, together creating a visual culture of unique richness and breadth. The book focuses on pictorial reproduction, combining painting, printmaking, and photography. Bann delves into the intertwined careers of Ingres and contemporary painters like Vernet and Delaroche, as well as printmakers such as lithographer Nicolas Charlet and engraver Luigi Calamatta. It also addresses photographers that includes Niépce, Daguerre, and Robert Bingham. By placing the nineteenth-century issues of reproduction in the context of art history and theory, Bann provides insight into these artistic practices and their significance. Out Of Print. Condition: Very Fine.