Monumental journey
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  alternate name: Photography in archaeology
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  alternate name: Monuments historiques dans l'art
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  alternate name: Ruins in art
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  alternate name: Daguerreotype
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  alternate name: Photographie--19e siècle
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  alternate name: Photography--France--History--19th century
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  alternate name: Daguerreotype
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  alternate name: Historic buildings in art
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  alternate name: Daguerréotype
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  alternate name: Photography in archaeology
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  alternate name: Ruins in art--Exhibitions
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  alternate name: Photographie en archéologie--Expositions
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  alternate name: Ruines dans l'art
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  alternate name: Photography
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31042233
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127811
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320128415
abstract: In 1842, the pioneering French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804-1892) set out eastward across the Mediterranean with a custom-built camera to explore ancient lands that were largely unknown to the Western world. This book is the first to fully consider the hundreds of daguerreotypes that resulted from his three-year journey, many of which were made using innovative techniques that fascinate photographers to this day. The images, including the first-known photographic documentation of significant locations, offer tangible evidence of historic sites, many of which have since been destroyed, in places such as Greece, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and Jerusalem. They are remarkable and unparalleled portraits of a world gone by. Copiously illustrated and featuring a geographic glossary of the sites and images, Monumental Journey sheds new light on the arc of Girault's career, the vibrant orientalist milieu of 19th-century France that shaped his work, and his inventive contributions to the nascent field of photography. It introduces modern audiences to a brilliant yet enigmatic talent, as well as the stunning images, many published here for the time, that make a major contribution to the histories of both photography and eastern Mediterranean.--Exhibition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (30.10-12.05.2019); Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (17.06-13.10.2019).
author: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310150505
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310188203
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310199650
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/3104240
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31176719
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310150505
language: eng
subject of: Statement
  additional type: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300195187
  text: The odyssey of an artist and his work / Sylvie Aubenas -- Splendor in the dust / Stephen C. Pinson -- Plates -- Framing an Islamic art / Martina Rugiadi -- The pleasure of ruins / Andrew Szegedy-Maszak -- Daguerreotype work in France / Thomas Galifot -- From drawing to photography : Image-production techniques / Olivier Caumont -- "Un Daguerréotype monstre" / Sylvie A. Centeno, Nora W. Kennedy, Grant B. Romer, Andrea E. Schlather, and Ariadna Cervera Xicotencatl -- Key sites and subjects / Lindsey S. Stewart -- Map of Girault's travels, 1831-50.
temporal coverage: 1800-1899
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301290473

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