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The somnambulists : photographic portraits from before photography / photographs by Joanna Kane ; essay by Duncan Forbes, Roberta McGrath.

By: Kane, JoannaContributor(s): Forbes, Duncan | McGrath, RobertaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Stockport : Dewi Lewis/ National Galleries of Scotland, 2008Description: ca. 112 p. : ill., ports. ; 31 cmISBN: 9781904587569 (hbk.) :; 1904587569 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Kane, Joanna | Masks (Sculpture) -- Pictorial works | Portrait photographyDDC classification: 779.2'092 Summary: 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.
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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.

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