The Mass Image: A Social History Of Photomechanical Reproduction In Victorian London
by Gerry Beegan /
2008 / English / PDF
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This book examines the emergence of mass reproduction and the
origins of modern visual culture in the illustrated journalism of
the 1890s. Focusing on the London print media of the 1890s but
encompassing developments elsewhere in Europe and the United
States,
This book examines the emergence of mass reproduction and the
origins of modern visual culture in the illustrated journalism of
the 1890s. Focusing on the London print media of the 1890s but
encompassing developments elsewhere in Europe and the United
States,The Mass Image
The Mass Image demonstrates that photomechanical
reproduction, rather than bringing a neutrality and clarity to
the printed image, produced an explosion of mixed and fragmented
hand drawn and photographic imagery.
demonstrates that photomechanical
reproduction, rather than bringing a neutrality and clarity to
the printed image, produced an explosion of mixed and fragmented
hand drawn and photographic imagery.
