CONTENTS.
P. H. Emerson
PAGE
Preface
vii
Table of Contents
ix
INTRODUCTION.
Daguerre at a
sÉance
of the French Academy, Aug., 1839
1
Retrospect of work done by Photography since 1839
2
Influence of Photography on the Glyptic and Pictorial Arts, and
vice versÂ
5
Aim of this book
8
The Naturalistic School of Photography
8
A word to artists
9
The three branches of Photography—Artistic, Scientific, and Industrial:—
A. Art Division
10
B. Science Division
11
C. Industrial Division
11
“Professional and Amateur” photographers
12
A College of Photography
13
The Future of Photography
13
BOOK I.
TERMINOLOGY AND ARGUMENT.
CHAPTER I.
Terminology.
Preamble
17
Analysis
17
Art
17
“Art-Science”
18
Artistic
18
Breadth
18
Colour
18
Creative Artist
19
Fine Art
19
High Art
20
Ideal
20
Imaginative
22
Impressionism
22
Interpreting Nature
22
Local Colour
22
Low Art
22
Naturalism
22
Original Work
24
Photographic
24
Quality
24
Realism
24
Relative Tone or Value
25
Sentiment
25
Sentimentality
25
Soul
25
Technique
218
Mounts
219
Frames
219
Albums
220
CHAPTER XIV.
Copyrighting.
On copyrighting
221
Method of copyright
221
Law of copyright
222
CHAPTER XV.
Exhibiting and Exhibition.
Exhibitions
225
Medals
226
Judges
227
CHAPTER XVI.
Conclusion.
Conclusion
229
BOOK III.
PICTORIAL ART.
CHAPTER I.
Educated Sight.
Men born blind
233
Education of Sight
234
CHAPTER II.
Composition.
On Composition
237
Burnet’s “Treatise on Painting”
238
CHAPTER III.
Out-door and In-door Work.
Out-door portraiture
243
Landscape
245
On picture-making
250
Figure and Landscape
251
Studio-portraiture
252
CHAPTER IV.
Hints on Art.
Practical hints
254
CHAPTER V.
Decorative Art.
Decorative art
260
Naturalism in decorative art
260
Photography as applied to decorative art
261
Principles of decorative art
261
Practice of decorative art
261
L'ENVOI.
Photography—a Pictorial Art.
On different art methods of expression
269
Answers to criticism on “Photography a pictorial Art”
278
Artists on Photography
279
Some masters of the minor arts
289
APPENDIX I.
On Photographic Libraries.
Art books
293
Art-teaching
293
Books recommended
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