Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography

by Peter Galassi

Book Overview

Peter Galassi argues in this book that photography was not a technical achievement without artistic roots; photography was born of the transformation in artistic outlook that, after centuries of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870702548
• ISBN13: 9780870702549
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent !!

This is a book that looks at the image culture before photography. It is full of visual references, paintings in this case and their influences on the early stages of photography. A very interesting book for those into visual culture.