The Mass Image

A Social History of Photomechanical Reproduction in Victorian London
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-36307-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

The Mass Image situates the creation of the first photographically illustrated magazines within the social relations of the emerging popular culture of late Victorian London. It demonstrates how photomechanical reproduction allowed the illustrated press to envisage modern life on a much more intense scale than ever before.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beegan, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Mass Reproduction and the Mass Audience Imaging the City: London and the Media in the 1890s Wood Engraving: Facsimile and Fragmentation Process Reproduction and the Image Assembly Line The Illustration of the Everyday The Photograph on the Page Learning to Read the Halftone Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

GERRY BEEGAN is a design historian, designer, and curator who teaches at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, USA. His writings have been published internationally in venues such as the , , the and magazine.