The Industrial Age (a.)
1. Photography - the inventions, the methods and the people behind them.
Photography took many years, and many trials and errors before it got to the camera we know today. Also if it wasn’t for these few inventors who gave the device a chance there would not be a camera, since many other inventors saw the process of photography not ever progressing.
Niecpe: On 1827, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, made the First photographic image with a Camera Obscura. Before the Camera was used for just tracing.
Photography took many years, and many trials and errors before it got to the camera we know today. Also if it wasn’t for these few inventors who gave the device a chance there would not be a camera, since many other inventors saw the process of photography not ever progressing.
Niecpe: On 1827, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, made the First photographic image with a Camera Obscura. Before the Camera was used for just tracing.
Daguerre: Louis Daguerre, in 1839, made the first photo with a human being in it, called “Boulevard du Temple”. Because of the long exposure the camera needed at this time, it was difficult to get a picture of a human unless they stood still. However the man in the photo stood still because his shoes were being polished for a while.
James Clerk Maxwell: Created the first coloured photograph in 1861 using the primary colours of light; Red, blue and green. It was of a plaid/tartan ribbon.
James Clerk Maxwell: Created the first coloured photograph in 1861 using the primary colours of light; Red, blue and green. It was of a plaid/tartan ribbon.
Cameron photos:
Kodak –Eastman: After many years after the first photograph, in 1888 Eastman’s Kodak camera was put in the market for the public use with a slogan "You press the button, we do the rest". In 1901 the Kodak Brownie was then available for the middle class.
Brady and staff Civil war photos:
Matthew Brady (1823 New York - Jan. 15, 1896.) had started photojournalism, as he and his staff documented the civil war in 1861. The images were daguerreotype which was one of the early type of photography.
Kodak –Eastman: After many years after the first photograph, in 1888 Eastman’s Kodak camera was put in the market for the public use with a slogan "You press the button, we do the rest". In 1901 the Kodak Brownie was then available for the middle class.
Brady and staff Civil war photos:
Matthew Brady (1823 New York - Jan. 15, 1896.) had started photojournalism, as he and his staff documented the civil war in 1861. The images were daguerreotype which was one of the early type of photography.
b. Inventions and new developments in style and use of photography.
1. Camera Obcura:
2. Studio camera on tripod (19th century)
3. Box Camera, First type of mass producted camera, 1910’s
4. Compact Kodak folding camera, 1922
5. Leica II- 1932, One of the first 135 film cameras
6. Contax S -1949, The first pentaprism SLR
7. Polaroid Colorpack 80 instant camera, c 1975
8. Digital camera - 2000, Canon Ixus
9. Nikon D1 – 2000, First DSLR
3. Painting - and its relationship to photography.
At first, people did not see photography as an art form, but as a science in the 19th century. Many artist in the renaissance period (16th century) used the camera obscura to trace the subject they were painting, however most of these artist did not admit to using for understandable reasons. Giovanni Battista wrote an essay about how to use the camera obscura. However, he was arrested for using the camera obscura because many people still did not understand how it worked and therefore thought it was sorcery.
Though photography was thought for many years as a waste of time and unimportant, in the early 20th century it revolutionized the art world.
Name 3 major fine art movements of the 19th century
Impressionism: Paintings were more focused on outdoor light and how it shines on an object. 1874-1886
Realism: Paintings focused more about the reality of people, mainly working class. 1845-1880.
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3. Printing - the inventions, the methods and the people behind them.
Lithography was invented by Senefelder in 1796, but it took almost half a century for it to become an established method.
The rotary lithographic press was invented by Hoe in 1846.
How did these inventions change the graphic arts.?
Lithographic, which is a technique still used in printmaking, help made making copies of text or artwork easier, cheaper and faster. Therefore, graphic designers could now give their clients a mass production of posters, packages or other items that would not take as much time as before.
At first, people did not see photography as an art form, but as a science in the 19th century. Many artist in the renaissance period (16th century) used the camera obscura to trace the subject they were painting, however most of these artist did not admit to using for understandable reasons. Giovanni Battista wrote an essay about how to use the camera obscura. However, he was arrested for using the camera obscura because many people still did not understand how it worked and therefore thought it was sorcery.
Though photography was thought for many years as a waste of time and unimportant, in the early 20th century it revolutionized the art world.
Name 3 major fine art movements of the 19th century
Impressionism: Paintings were more focused on outdoor light and how it shines on an object. 1874-1886
Realism: Paintings focused more about the reality of people, mainly working class. 1845-1880.
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3. Printing - the inventions, the methods and the people behind them.
Lithography was invented by Senefelder in 1796, but it took almost half a century for it to become an established method.
The rotary lithographic press was invented by Hoe in 1846.
How did these inventions change the graphic arts.?
Lithographic, which is a technique still used in printmaking, help made making copies of text or artwork easier, cheaper and faster. Therefore, graphic designers could now give their clients a mass production of posters, packages or other items that would not take as much time as before.
Research and show examples of posters, Christmas cards, packaging; all of which were invented in this era.
The first Christmas Card: A lithograph by John Calcott Morsley in 1843:
The first Christmas Card: A lithograph by John Calcott Morsley in 1843:
Poster 1846:
Links:
http://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/a-history-of-photography-part-1-the-beginning--photo-1908
http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/stilphotography.htm
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/mathew-brady.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/343748/lithography
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art-timeline.htm
http://www2.palomar.edu/users/mhudelson/StudyGuides/19thCent_WA.html