Showcases historic images from the photography collections of the Musee d'Orsay.

Product Description: The early photographers had to grapple with the problem of reproducing the human figure to make a portrait. In the beginning they used a relatively slow, restrictive technique. The collections of the Mus,e d'Orsay provide an accurate chronology of the development of portraiture in international photography from 1850 to 1914, both stylistically and thematically (official portraits, artists, actresses, intimate portraits)...read more

Product Description: Alfred Stieglitz (1864 - 1946) was internationally famous in his time. He was the founder of Photo-Secession and the editor of Camera Work magazine. Later, he mounted pioneering exhibitions of European avant-garde art, from C,zanne to Picasso, in his gallery at 291 Fifth Avenue, New York...read more

Product Description: The Mus,e D'Orsay in Paris offers a panorama of late 19th and early 20th century art. Here it is possible to see and comprehend the links that exist between painting, sculpture, objets d'art, photography and architecture through this boxed set...read more

Product Description: Symbol of the Second Empire, that dazzling and artificial epoch, the mysterious Countess de Castiglione dedicated her life to a cult of personal beauty and made sensational appearances at various stages of her life, great moments that she recreated for the camera...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Book by Heilbrun, Francoise, Neagu, Philippe