Catalogue Of Engravings Comprising Fancy Subjects Of The Early English And French Schools Many In Colours Portraits In Mezzotint Line And Stiple A Small Collection Of Etchings Engravings And Drawings By And After The Early Masters Caricature Topography Scriptural And Classical Subjects Sporting And Hunting Subjects Naval Military And Historical Incidents Modern Etchings And Engravings Drawings And Oil Prints By Baxter And A Few Water Colour Drawings

Author : John Rohrbach
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520306686
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Acting Out written by John Rohrbach and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cabinet cards were America’s main format for photographic portraiture throughout the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Standardized at 6½ x 4¼ inches, they were just large enough to reveal extensive detail, leading to the incorporation of elaborate poses, backdrops, and props. Inexpensive and sold by the dozen, they transformed getting one’s portrait made from a formal event taken up once or twice in a lifetime into a commonplace practice shared with friends. The cards reinforced middle-class Americans’ sense of family. They allowed people to show off their material achievements and comforts, and the best cards projected an informal immediacy that encouraged viewers to feel emotionally connected with those portrayed. The experience even led sitters to act out before the camera. By making photographs an easygoing fact of life, the cards forecast the snapshot and today’s ubiquitous photo sharing. Organized by senior curator John Rohrbach, Acting Out is the first ever in-depth examination of the cabinet card phenomena. Full-color plates include over 100 cards at full size, providing a highly entertaining collection of these early versions of the selfie and ultimately demonstrating how cabinet cards made photography modern. Published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Tentative exhibition dates (postponed due to COVID-19): Amon Carter Museum of American Art: August 2020 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA): 2021