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Seduced by art : photography past and present

Part of the National Gallery London Publications series
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Today's photography is part of our own cultural moment, but it also arises from artistic traditions of the past.

Seduced by Art looks at the effects of art and its history on the creation of photographs, tracing continuities in aims, visual style, and technical experimentation. This sumptuous book shows how photographers such as Julia Margaret Cameron sought to elevate the status of their work by referencing Old Masters.

Similarly, contemporary practitioners look to their photographic predecessors, as well as art history, for inspiration.

Among the many photographers featured are Ori Gersht, Luc Delahaye, Thomas Struth, Tom Hunter, and Helen Chadwick, and paintings from Caravaggio, Zurbaran, Delacroix, Ingres, Constable, and others. Each chapter takes a genre-portraiture, the nude, still life, and landscape-and discusses the challenges that each poses for photographers.

Interviews with Tina Barney, Rineke Dijkstra, Richard Billingham, Richard Learoyd, Sarah Jones, and Maisie Maud Broadhead focus in-depth on contemporary working practices.

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Product Details
National Gallery Company Ltd
1857095456 / 9781857095456
Hardback
779
09/10/2012
United Kingdom
English
215 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.)
29 cm
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Published to mark the exhibition of the same name held at National Gallery, London, 31st Oct. 2012-20th Jan. 2013, CaixaForum Barcelona, 21st Feb.-19th May 2013 and CaixaForum Madrid, 19th June-15th Sep. 2013.