Crimean War (1853-1856), Crimean War, 1853-1856, Crimean War, 1853-1856--Pictorial works, Crimean War, 1853-1856--History, Krim-oorlog, Afbeeldingen (algemeen), Beeldende kunsten, Oorlogsfotografie, DK215 .K455 2001, 704.9/49947/0738
"Chloroform, telegraphy, steamships and rifles were distinctly modern features of the Crimean War. Covered by a large corps of reporters,... Show more"Chloroform, telegraphy, steamships and rifles were distinctly modern features of the Crimean War. Covered by a large corps of reporters, illustrators and cameramen, it also became the first media war in history. For the benefit of the ubiquitous artists and correspondents, both the military and the domestic events were carefully staged, giving the Crimean War an aesthetically alluring, even spectacular character." "With their exclusive focus on written sources, historians have consistently overlooked this visual dimension of the Crimean War. Photo-historian Ulrich Keller challenges the traditional literary bias by drawing on a wealth of pictorial materials from scientific diagrams to photographs, press illustration and academic painting. The result is a new and different historical account which emphasizes the careful aesthetic scripting of the war for popular mass consumption at home. Included in this media history of the Crimean War are elements of its still unwritten social history. In the Victorian era, the proliferation of lithography, press illustration, photography and other mass media, gave various social groups a chance to circulate competing views of the war where, previously, monarchs had possessed a near monopoly on the pictorial representation of history. The broad range of visual sources included in the book thus documents not only the war between the British and the Russians in the Crimea but also the battle of representations which raged in the deeply divided society at home."--BOOK JACKET. 1. "Vauxhall is Far Prettier" Narrative and Visual scenarios -- 2. "Storm'd at With Shot and Shell" They heyday of lithography and the London shows -- 3. "Bastard of History, Only Much Truer" The ascendancy of picture reportage -- 4. "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" The triumph of photography -- 5. "My Nearest and Dearest" Home-front scenarios -- 6. "The Usual Plunging Horses" The swan-song of history painting -- 7. Conclusion. Ulrich Keller. Main Heritage Compact General DK215 .K455 2001 Reference Item-ID: i24475233 BIB-ID: 2555380 Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-290) and index. Show less
by Veritas. Main Heritage Shelves General DK214 .V47 1853 Book Item-ID: i15866841 BIB-ID: 1023285 Bound with other publications. Show moreby Veritas. Main Heritage Shelves General DK214 .V47 1853 Book Item-ID: i15866841 BIB-ID: 1023285 Bound with other publications. Show less
Title and date from item. Page 589, vol. XXIII. Features an illustration titled "Sinope, from the Bay". Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.00768 2-D... Show moreTitle and date from item. Page 589, vol. XXIII. Features an illustration titled "Sinope, from the Bay". Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.00768 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i11402209 BIB-ID: 1172563 Show less
by J.A.R. Marriott ... References at end of each chapter except the first. Show moreby J.A.R. Marriott ... References at end of each chapter except the first. Show less
by George Brackenbury ; illustrated by forty plates from drawings taken on the spot by William Simpson. Bound with same title designated second... Show moreby George Brackenbury ; illustrated by forty plates from drawings taken on the spot by William Simpson. Bound with same title designated second series and published 1856. Show less
by George Brackenbury ... illustrated by forty plates, from drawings taken on the spot by William Simpson. Show moreby George Brackenbury ... illustrated by forty plates, from drawings taken on the spot by William Simpson. Show less
