singular cultural 1839-1900 photography

books:

John Duncan: Bonfires
Colin Graham, Mary Warner Marien, ...

Steidl & Partners, 2008

In Bonfires , photographer John Duncan documents the long-standing Protestant tradition of bonfire building--part of the annual July 11 celebration commemorating the defeat of James Stuart at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690--in his native Belfast. The large structures on which the fires are lit serve as a powerful assertion of Protestant identity and signal a sense of community solidarity. Duncan's photographs frame these structures against ...

Photography and its Critics: A Cultural History, 1839-1900 (Perspectives on Photography)
Mary Warner Marien

Cambridge University Press, 1997

Photography and its Critics offers an original overview of nineteenth-century American and European writing about photography from such disparate fields as art theory, social reform, and physiology. In this study, Mary Warner Marien argues that photography was an important social and cultural symbol for modernity and change in several fields, such as art and social reform. Moreover, she demonstrates how photography quickly emerged as a pliant ...

Photography: A Cultural History (2nd Edition)

8 reviews
Mary Warner Marien

Prentice Hall, 2006

excellent resource!
i had to buy this for class, and for once it isn't a "textbook" ! finally an art textbook that doubles as a coffee table book, and one you can read. very good text - easy, and not too "academic." highly recommend.

Music CD for Fleming's Art and Ideas, 10th
Mary Warner Marien, William Fleming

Wadsworth Publishing, 2004

This text specific audio CD contains music discussed in the text.

Fleming's Arts and Ideas, Volume I (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )
Mary Warner Marien, William Fleming

Wadsworth Publishing, 2004

A top-seller since it first published in 1955, FLEMING'S ARTS and IDEAS chronologically explores a breadth of humanities topics from antiquity to the present. New author Mary Warner Marien continues the text's tradition of combining outstanding scholarship with high quality art reproductions, while at the same time bringing a new contemporary voice to this classic text. FLEMING'S ARTS and IDEAS challenges students to see the links between common ...

Fleming's Arts and Ideas, Volume 2 (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )

1 review
Mary Warner Marien, William Fleming

Wadsworth Publishing, 2004

Great Tool for Reference
I used this textbook for a class two years ago and I have found myself referencing it often since taking the class, I even used it to study for a humanities CLEP exam. It has good photographs of the artwork and it is well written and interesting. The CD also had interesting material, especially the portions about architecture.

Study Guide for Fleming's Arts and Ideas, 10th
Mary Warner Marien, William Fleming

Wadsworth Publishing, 2004

New addition to the supplement package! This Study Guide helps students comprehend and learn the material through chapter-by-chapter reviews and questions.

Singular Images

2 reviews
Darsie Alexander, Roger Hargreaves, ...

Aperture, 2006

Covers well over 150 years of photography
Singular Images: Essays On Remarkable Photographs covers well over 150 years of photography, from Talbot's first negative to the latest changes in photographic art. Essays collect analysis of individual photos however, not the genre as a whole, focusing on a single image's achievements and exploring artist intention, technical and historical background, and the artistic community's response. ...