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001 2007018879
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005 20100628125957.0
008 070504s2007 fr ab bc 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aTR23.6$b.I53 2007
082 00 $a770.978$222
245 00 $aImages of the West :$bsurvey photography in French collections, 1860-1880 /$cedited by François Brunet and Bronwyn Griffith ; essays by François Brunet and Mick Gidley.
260 $aGiverny :$bMusée d'Art Américain ;$a[Chicago] :$bTerra Foundation for American Art :$bDistributed by the University of Chicago Press,$cc2007.
300 $a135 p. :$bchiefly ill. (some col.), maps ;$c29 cm.
500 $a"Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880" held at the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny/Terra Foundation for American Art from July 10 to October 31, 2007"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 130-133) and index.
505 0 $a"With the compliments of F. V. Hayden, geologist of the United States" : photographic policies of American exploration -- Francois Brunet Out west and in the studio : official photographs of Indians during the great survey era -- Mick Gidley Catalogue Wide open spaces -- Features of the landscape -- Timothy H. O'Sullivan : a photographer at work -- Images of Native Americans
520 $aAs American settlement expanded westward in the 1860s, the U.S. government undertook large-scale investigations of its new territories. Images of the West: Survey Photography in French Collections, 1860-1880 presents memorable glass-plate photographs from these federal surveys. The selection includes breathtaking views of such iconic sites as Yosemite, as well as lesser-known ethnographic portraits taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, William H. Jackson, and William Bell, among others. The accompanying essays discuss how the photographs were used to promote white settlement, how their distribution at home and abroad contributed to the aggrandizement of the American West, and how the exploitative ideology underlying the use of photography extended to attitudes toward both American landscapes and American Indians. The images are all drawn from French public collections, which hold an astonishing number of these U.S. survey photographs. Accompanying an exhibition at the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, Images of the West provides a critical new examination of a bygone era.
650 0 $aPhotography$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$xExhibitions.
650 0 $aPhotographers$zWest (U.S.)$xExhibitions.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$vPictorial works$xExhibitions.
700 1 $aBrunet, François,$d1960-
700 1 $aGriffith, Bronwyn.
700 1 $aGidley, M.$q(Mick)
776 08 $iOnline version:$tImages of the West.$dGiverny : Musée d'Art Américain ; [Chicago] : Terra Foundation for American Art : Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, c2007$w(OCoLC)609029319
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018879.html