A new art: photography and Impressionism

Uittreksel

"In the 19th century, numerous photographers chose the same motifs as Impressionist painters: the forest of Fontainebleau, the cliffs of Étretat or the modern metropolis of Paris. They, too, studied the changing light, seasons and weather conditions. From its inception, photographers pursued artistic ambitions, as evidenced by their experimentation with composition and perspective, by means of various technical procedures. Until the First World War, the relationship between photography and painting was characterized both by competition and mutual influence. The exhibition and catalogue examine these interactions and illuminate the development of the new medium from the 1850s to its establishment as an autonomous art form around 1900"-- Provided by publisher.

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Foreword -- Rivalry and Emancipation: Photography and the Traditinoal Fine Arts in the Nineteenth Century / Ulrich Pohlmann -- Countryside, Seaside, City: Painting and Photography en plein air / Dominique de Font-Réaulx -- Fleetingness: Paris, Modernity, and the Arts / Bernd Stiegler -- Taches: Spots, Blots, and Blurs in Impressionism and Photography / Matthias Kruger -- Color Experiments: The Vienna Camera-Club / Monika Faber -- The Path to the Museum: Early Photographic Collections in Germany / Esther Ruelfs -- Catalog of Exhibited Works / Daniel Zamani -- Majestic Expanses: Sky and Sea -- Center of Modernity: Paris -- Shadow and Light: Forest Scenes -- Everyday Motifs: Countryside and River -- Painterly Photographs: Pictorialism -- The World in Color: Autochromes -- List of Exhibited Works -- Biographies / Miriam Leimer -- Dialogue: Photography and Painting, 1860-1914 -- Glossary / Christine Rottmeier Keß -- Selected Bibliography -- Image Credits -- Authors.