Giorgio Sommer's Photographs of Pompeii
2003; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 27; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03087298.2003.10443263
ISSN2150-7295
Autores Tópico(s)Visual Culture and Art Theory
ResumoAbstract Photographic genres do not appear; they are created with the maturation of a photographer's practice and the changing expectations of the community that receives them. When different genres develop together, one should also expect their boundaries to be fluid, and for inventions made in one camp to inspire explorations in the other. This paper discusses the emergence of a new genre — the scientific recording of archaeology — and its relationship to tourist views in the photographs Giorgio Sommer (1834–1914) took of Pompeii.
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