The somnambulists : photographic portraits from before photography /
Kane, Joanna.
The somnambulists : photographic portraits from before photography / photographs by Joanna Kane ; essay by Duncan Forbes, Roberta McGrath. - Stockport : Dewi Lewis/ National Galleries of Scotland, 2008. - ca. 112 p. : ill., ports. ; 31 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The drive to capture true likeness in the early 19th century was partly generated by the pseudo-science of phrenology. As a by-product of this, cast collections such as those of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society have preserved these haunting likenesses. In this book, Joanna Kane's photographs capture these unique masks.
9781904587569 (hbk.) : £19.99 1904587569 (hbk.) : £19.99
Kane, Joanna.
Masks (Sculpture)--Pictorial works.
Portrait photography.
779.2'092
The somnambulists : photographic portraits from before photography / photographs by Joanna Kane ; essay by Duncan Forbes, Roberta McGrath. - Stockport : Dewi Lewis/ National Galleries of Scotland, 2008. - ca. 112 p. : ill., ports. ; 31 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The drive to capture true likeness in the early 19th century was partly generated by the pseudo-science of phrenology. As a by-product of this, cast collections such as those of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society have preserved these haunting likenesses. In this book, Joanna Kane's photographs capture these unique masks.
9781904587569 (hbk.) : £19.99 1904587569 (hbk.) : £19.99
Kane, Joanna.
Masks (Sculpture)--Pictorial works.
Portrait photography.
779.2'092