Daguerreotype

customary of wealthy people, had begun to purchase slaves. He had owned 8 or 9 slaves, and his first slave was a woman named Dolly. In addition to owning slaves, men of his importance had to have their picture taken, and in 1842, he had his first daguerreotype…

officials. The earliest recorded photographic activity in China by Western photographers was in July 1842, only three years after the invention of the medium. Dr. Richard Woosnam (1815–1888) and Major George Alexander Malcolm (1810–1888) made daguerreotypes at Yangtze (Yangzi) River during the final stages of the First Opium War. In 1842, the Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) was signed between the defeated Qing government and Britain. As a result, five trade ports were opened to foreigners, and…

EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT Riace Bronzes: 1. The art historian, Nigel Spivey discussed how ancient sculptors used artifice to go beyond realism to create what he claims are "the best statues ever made". He then discussed several ways how the Riace Warrior bronzes, although they look realistic are actually "more human than human", that is, their bodies are unrealistic. List two of the ways that Spivey discusses how the sculptures go beyond realism. 1. The division between the top and bottom has…

1) The photography effect had a great impact on the way art was viewed in the 19th century. Photography caused a shift to Romanticism, which emerged as a reaction to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It searched for a direct connection to nature rather than subject itself to scientific, industrial rules and regulation. It created an alternate world, one that appreciated the beauty and simplicity of nature, in response to the materialism of the industrialization. This is evident when…

Artworks: Definition, Meaning, Value. Pennsylvania State University Press”. Photography can be used as art or science, it is a progressing way of showing images that eyes have become aware of already. From the first camera box, to Daguerreotype, to the first ever creation of Kodak film, photography has changed. People thought photography would ruin art because of its difference with traditional art. Photography progressed and showed that it can be educational, psychological and healing…

polished sheet of copper that was sensitized by iodine vapor. Then he exposed it in a large box camera. Once the exposure was made, Daguerre developed the image in mercury fumes and stabilized it with salt water, creating what is known as the Daguerreotype. Henry-Fox Talbot used silver salt coated paper inside of his camera obscura, but only allowed the paper to be exposed for a limited time. After the exposure was created, it was fixed by chemicals. These…

During the early decades of the twentieth century, the number of child laborers in the United States boomed. As industrialization moved workers from farms and home workshops, into urban areas and factory work, children were often preferred. Factory owners viewed them as more manageable, cheaper, and less likely to strike. Therefore inciting the era of child labor in the United States. A man by the name of Lewis W. Hine began taking photographs of children in the workforce as a tool for social…

The simplicity of being an anesthesiologist when you grow up is not uncommon for this generation and the upcoming increase, of needing more anesthetics in rural areas demanding for more physicians in that area in the medical field. To be an anesthesiologist, I do know that it takes at least an unimaginable twelve years before you’re certified to be an anesthetic physician. Many don’t know what implies to be an anesthesiologist when knowing how much to give a patient the right amount of dosage,…

Photography is not just strictly visual, it is influential, subjective, objective, and impactful. It is a means and a medium to bring about change in society or the world. The camera is a small but powerful tool to bring about social change but to also share an image, an image captured in a moment of time. In a quote by renowned American photographer Aaron Siskind, “Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little…

“The Bride” Director: Svyatoslav Podgayevsky Genre: Horror/Mystery/Thriller Screenplay: Svyatoslav Podgayevsky Producers: Vladislav Severtsev, Dmitry Litvinov, Zaur Bolotayev Starring: Victoria Agalakova, Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Alexandra Rebenok, Igor Khripunov, Lada Churovskaya and Victor Solovyov. Synopsis: The new Russian horror movie “The Bride” from the director of “Estate 18” and “The Queen of Spades: The Black Ritual” unravels the terrible traditions and rituals that used to…