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Michal, Eileen M.

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Picture-loving: Photomechanical reproduction and celebrity in America's Gilded Age.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Picture-loving: Photomechanical reproduction and celebrity in America's Gilded Age./
Author:	Michal, Eileen M.
Description:	479 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-02, Section: A, page: 0412.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-02A.
Subject:	Art History. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3300442
ISBN:	9780549458326

Picture-loving: Photomechanical reproduction and celebrity in America's Gilded Age.
Michal, Eileen M.

Picture-loving: Photomechanical reproduction and celebrity in America's Gilded Age. - 479 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-02, Section: A, page: 0412.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Chicago, 2008.

This dissertation traces how the publication of photography in national magazines altered our definitions of what was considered public and private by redefining who the public figure was and how s/he could be portrayed. It analyzes the types of portraiture published and the image-text relations that developed as photographs became a major method of illustration first in national general-interest magazines and then in major newspapers. Photography, via halftone technology, played a key role in the commodification of amusement that took place during this time period; it facilitated the growth of specialty magazines, expanded the role of publicity in modern culture, and changed the look of advertising forever.

ISBN: 9780549458326Subjects--Topical Terms:

635474
Art History.

Picture-loving: Photomechanical reproduction and celebrity in America's Gilded Age.
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520 $a This study begins in the 1880s because that is when experiments with halftone technology made it possible to print photographic images and text simultaneously and inexpensively. The research looks first at trade manuals and contemporary accounts of the halftone's emergence and argues that in the first decades of this technology's existence, it was not nearly as mechanical a form of reproduction as has been supposed. Nor was the lag between its invention and commercial adoption as lengthy as has been traditionally argued. After looking at the technology's emergence, this study then examines, in turn, the adoption of halftone photography by general-interest magazines, New York's leading newspapers, and the developing film industry.
520 $a When periodicals adopted halftone technology, they increasingly used it to showcase contemporary individuals in mid-career. The expanding definition of public personality extended representation to many who had been previously excluded, but in limited ways. By displaying public figures' dress, homes, and participation in leisure-time activities, halftone photography also defined the accoutrements of success and, in a period marked by immigration and economic crises, it visually depicted nationality. The use of this new technology also exacerbated fears of invasions of privacy. Within a decade, however, many who had once eschewed publicity began to actively seek it.
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