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Otis Modern Art 03: Modernity and Realism Pt 3: 19th Century Photography

Dr. Parme Giuntini, Director of Art History at Otis College of Art and Design, presents this series on Modern Art. She will discuss the movements and ideas that changed our perspectives on art and art making. She will begin with Realism in France, around 1850, and finish with Abstract Expressionism in New York City in the mid-20th Century. In this chapter, Dr. Giuntini discusses Photography, one of the most interesting inventions of the 19th Century. Photography changed how people though...

19th Century Photographs for Painters from the collection of Don Camera

My friend the photographer and collector Don Camera has another exhibit at the University of the Arts. We get to see a set of 19th century photographs made expressly for painters to use as reference material. The makers were businessmen hustling to make a living. But Don makes the case for them being “the first generation of serious art photographers.”