Romanticism
According to the article titled “Romanticism and Its Relation to Landscape Photography & Painting”, romanticism was an art form that rejected classicalism and focused on nature, imagination and emotion (1) . Therefore, this started a new way of thinking and created a new type of art. It crossed between music, painting, photography and many other art forms. Landscape photography was popular at this time, therefore, romantic landscapes were common. The landscapes focused on the beauty of nature and included a lot of running water and vast forests (Hirsch 42) . One photographer that comes to mind is Ansel Adams . He focused on the beauty of the world and captured that in his photos. His photographs did not include people, cars, or …show more content…
The author, Mike Johnston, goes on to say the “[The] naturalistic mode, authentic settings” are what draws him into pieces of naturalism (2). The naturalism movement not only applies to photography, but other forms of art like music, painting and movies. Some music, paintings and movies have a more realistic and natural feel to them. Therefore, naturalism covers more than just photography. A great example of modern day naturalism is photojournalism. The journalists aren’t looking for artistic affect or romanticizing a photograph. They want to capture what is going on exactly how it is so they can write their …show more content…
The process called for several different chemicals, including: silver nitrate, silver iodide, pyrogallic acid, potassium cyanide (Editors 1) , and potassium iodide (Hirsch 58) . With that being said, the process wasn’t the easiest and could be slightly dangerous. However, it was used by many photographers because the images were highly detailed, the negative plates printed faster than paper negatives, and the raw materials were rather inexpensive (Hirsch 58). This is quit surprising since chemicals aren’t always considered cheap. Another surprising thing about the process is that it was considered quick. A lot of steps were involved and the photographer was a part of all of it. The artist would polish the plate , coat the glass plate in silver nitrate in the dark room, then exposed to the camera to develop the image. The next step was to develop it, which originally required pyrogallic acid to be poured onto the plate. Later, the chemical was replaced with potassium cyanide. After the plate dried, it became waterproof (Editors 2) . As mentioned before, the details in the image was a major benefit. Along with that, the photo was much more sturdy than paper. This process is outdated because nowadays, film isn’t very popular. However, I am sure certain photographers today use this process. They may not use it consistently, but use every once and a
According to the article titled “Romanticism and Its Relation to Landscape Photography & Painting”, romanticism was an art form that rejected classicalism and focused on nature, imagination and emotion (1) . Therefore, this started a new way of thinking and created a new type of art. It crossed between music, painting, photography and many other art forms. Landscape photography was popular at this time, therefore, romantic landscapes were common. The landscapes focused on the beauty of nature and included a lot of running water and vast forests (Hirsch 42) . One photographer that comes to mind is Ansel Adams . He focused on the beauty of the world and captured that in his photos. His photographs did not include people, cars, or …show more content…
The author, Mike Johnston, goes on to say the “[The] naturalistic mode, authentic settings” are what draws him into pieces of naturalism (2). The naturalism movement not only applies to photography, but other forms of art like music, painting and movies. Some music, paintings and movies have a more realistic and natural feel to them. Therefore, naturalism covers more than just photography. A great example of modern day naturalism is photojournalism. The journalists aren’t looking for artistic affect or romanticizing a photograph. They want to capture what is going on exactly how it is so they can write their …show more content…
The process called for several different chemicals, including: silver nitrate, silver iodide, pyrogallic acid, potassium cyanide (Editors 1) , and potassium iodide (Hirsch 58) . With that being said, the process wasn’t the easiest and could be slightly dangerous. However, it was used by many photographers because the images were highly detailed, the negative plates printed faster than paper negatives, and the raw materials were rather inexpensive (Hirsch 58). This is quit surprising since chemicals aren’t always considered cheap. Another surprising thing about the process is that it was considered quick. A lot of steps were involved and the photographer was a part of all of it. The artist would polish the plate , coat the glass plate in silver nitrate in the dark room, then exposed to the camera to develop the image. The next step was to develop it, which originally required pyrogallic acid to be poured onto the plate. Later, the chemical was replaced with potassium cyanide. After the plate dried, it became waterproof (Editors 2) . As mentioned before, the details in the image was a major benefit. Along with that, the photo was much more sturdy than paper. This process is outdated because nowadays, film isn’t very popular. However, I am sure certain photographers today use this process. They may not use it consistently, but use every once and a