1982 Photography History of an Art Jean-Luc Daval Skira Rizzoli Hardcover DJ
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Photography: History of an Art by Jean-Luc Daval is an illustrated survey of photography’s development as an artistic medium, from its nineteenth-century origins through the early 1980s. It explores how photography reshaped visual expression, connecting technical discoveries with painting, portraiture, movement, and social documentary.
A useful reference for photographers, art students, collectors, and readers interested in the relationship between photography and fine art.
Published in 1982 by Rizzoli International Publications with Editions d’Art Albert Skira. Translated from the French by R. F. M. Dexter and printed in Switzerland. Hardcover bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and the illustrated dust jacket. ISBN: 0847804607.
The jacket specifies 90 color reproductions and 238 black-and-white illustrations. Topics include early photographic processes, Muybridge’s movement studies, photography and painting, Stieglitz and the Camera Work group, pictorialism, photograms, Man Ray, and photography’s role in mass culture.
Condition: Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. Cloth boards show light handling wear. Mild toning and scattered spotting to the page edges and endpapers, with a previous owner’s embossed seal on a preliminary leaf. Interior pages shown remain bright and well presented. Dust jacket has noticeable rubbing and surface scratches, particularly on the rear, with edge creasing, small tears, and wear at the corners and spine ends. Please review the photographs for details.
SKU D-9
1982 Photography History of an Art Jean-Luc Daval Skira Rizzoli Hardcover DJ
$45.00
A useful reference for photographers, art students, collectors, and readers interested in the relationship between photography and fine art.
Published in 1982 by Rizzoli International Publications with Editions d’Art Albert Skira. Translated from the French by R. F. M. Dexter and printed in Switzerland. Hardcover bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and the illustrated dust jacket. ISBN: 0847804607.
The jacket specifies 90 color reproductions and 238 black-and-white illustrations. Topics include early photographic processes, Muybridge’s movement studies, photography and painting, Stieglitz and the Camera Work group, pictorialism, photograms, Man Ray, and photography’s role in mass culture.
Condition: Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. Cloth boards show light handling wear. Mild toning and scattered spotting to the page edges and endpapers, with a previous owner’s embossed seal on a preliminary leaf. Interior pages shown remain bright and well presented. Dust jacket has noticeable rubbing and surface scratches, particularly on the rear, with edge creasing, small tears, and wear at the corners and spine ends. Please review the photographs for details.
SKU D-9