Seduced by art : photography past and present /
Hope Kingsley ; with contributions by Christopher Riopelle.
- London : National Gallery, 2012.
- 208 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Published to mark the exhibition of the same name held at the National Gallery, London, 31 October 2012-20 January 2013, CaixaForum Barcelona, 21 February-19 May 2013, and CaixaForum Madrid, 19 June-15 September 2013.
Kingsley looks at the effects of art and its history on the creation of photographs, tracing continuities in aims, visual style, and technical experimentation. Each chapter takes a genre - portraiture, the nude, still life, and landscape - and discusses the challenges that each poses for photographers.