アレクサンダー・ガードナーの「南北戦争スケッチ写真帳」（1866年）をめぐって On Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War (Defining Moments in Photography)

Lee, Anthony W./ Young, Elizabeth

University of California Press（2008/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 128 p.／サイズ 27 duotones
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520253315
• DDC分類 973.7072

基本説明

This book, written by the art historian Anthony W. Lee and the literary scholar Elizabeth Young, interprets the story of the war as told by Gardner, unraveling his careful choice of words and images and the complicated play between them, and understanding them against the backdrop of the literary and photographic cultures of the American antebellum and Reconstruction eras.

Full Description

Soon after Alexander Gardner's "Photographic Sketch Book" was published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and helped define how viewers, then and in subsequent generations, would come to know the war. Gardner's classic also became foundational in the history of American photography, combining, for the first time, words and images in a sophisticated and moving account. This book, written by the art historian Anthony W. Lee and the literary scholar Elizabeth Young, interprets the story of the war as told by Gardner, unraveling his careful choice of words and images and the complicated play between them, and understanding them against the backdrop of the literary and photographic cultures of the American antebellum and Reconstruction eras. This book presents a unique study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history.

Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction The Image of War Anthony W. Lee Verbal Battlefields Elizabeth Young Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index