Inventing the Literary Prehistory of Photography
From François Arago to Helmut Gernsheim
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14694606 |
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| Authors | François Brunet (Université Paris Cité, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 368-372 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Photography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-7298 • E-ISSN: 2150-7295 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03087298.2010.514808 |
| OpenAlex | W2030789923 |
| Language | EN |
This paper provides an overview of a trend in photo-history that has, from 1839 to the late twentieth century, sought to uncover, or indeed to invent, literary ‘premonitions’ of the invention of photography. The paper focuses primarily on two historians of photography, François Arago and Helmut Gernsheim. The production of a ‘literary’ prehistory of photography is interpreted as denoting a wish to counterbalance its association with science
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Photography · Prehistory · Visual arts · History · History of Science and Natural History · Photography and Visual Culture · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Highly cited | No |
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