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OverviewThis book turns a compelling new lens on thinking about the history of Paris and photography. The invention of photography changed how history could be written. But the now commonplace assumptions--that photographs capture fragments of lost time or present emotional gateways to the past--that structure today's understandings did not emerge whole cloth in 1839. Focusing on one of photography's birthplaces, Paris and the Cliche of History tells the story of how photographs came to be imagined as documents of the past. Author Catherine E. Clark analyzes photography's effects on historical interpretation by examining the formation of Paris's first photo archives at the Musee Carnavalet and the city's municipal library, their use in illustrated history books and historical exhibitions and reconstructions such as the 1951 celebration of Paris's 2000th birthday, and the public's contribution to the historical record in amateur photo contests. Despite the photograph's growing importance in these forums, it did not simply replace older forms of illustration, visual documentation, or written text. Photos worked in complex and shifting relation to other types of pictures as photographers, popular historians, and publishers built on the traditions and iconography of painting and engraving in order to both document the past scientifically and objectively and to reconstruct it romantically. In doing so, they not only influenced how Parisians thought about the city's past and how they pictured it; they also ensured that these images shaped how Parisians lived their own lives--especially in deeply charged moments such as the Liberation after World War II. This history of picturing Paris does not simply reflect the city's history: it is Parisian history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Catherine E. Clark (Assistant Professor of French Studies and Class of 1947 Career Development Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.30cm Weight: 0.700kg ISBN: 9780190681647ISBN 10: 0190681640 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 30 August 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Paris, Photography, and History: 1860 to 1970 1. Imagination and Evidence: Visual History at Paris's Municipal Historical Institutions 2. Index and Time: New Forms and Theories in Photohistories 3. Past and Present: Repicturing during the Occupation and Liberation of Paris 4. Style and Subjectivity: The Bimillenaire de Paris and the Parisian Cliche 5. C'etait Paris en 1970 : The Amateur Photographer, the Assassination of Paris, and Photographic History Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Videotheque de Paris Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsThis extensively researched and elegantly written study exemplifies the best in the visual turn in scholarly history ... Essential. * CHOICE * This extensively researched and elegantly written study exemplifies the best in the visual turn in scholarly history ... Essential. --CHOICE Author InformationCatherine E. Clark is a historian of modern France and visual culture. She is Associate Professor of French Studies and Class of 1947 Career Development Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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