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Gabriel Lippmann's colour photography : science, media, museums / edited by Hanin Hannouch.

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Physicist Gabriel Lippmann's (1845-1921) photographic process is one of the oldest methods for producing colour photographs. So why do the achievements of this 1908 Nobel laureate remain mostly unknown outside niche circles? Using the centenary of Lippmann's death as an opportunity to refl...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Hannouch, Hanin (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Lippmann, > M. > (Gabriel), > 1845-1921.
Lippmann, > M. > (Gabriel), > 1845-1921
Color photography > Processing > History.
Color photography > Processing
History
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Gabriel Lippmann's Colour Photography: A Critical Introduction
  • Part I The Science of Colour Photography and the Colour Photography of Science
  • 1. How Lippmann Froze Light and Passed It around for Others to Taste
  • 2. Lippmann's Interferential Colour Photography: A Juncture between the Histories of Spectroscopy and Photography
  • 3. Colour Under the Microscope: Santiago Ramón y Cajal Does 'Histology' on Lippmann Heliochromes
  • 4. Lost in Description: The Misunderstanding of Frederic Ives (1856-1937) and the Experiments of His Son Herbert (1882-1953) on Lippmann's Interference Photography
  • Part II Media History, Aesthetics, and Culture
  • 5. Lippmann Photography and the Problems of Media Historiography
  • 6. Richard Neuhauss's Stuffed Parrot: Interferential Colour Photography, Taxidermy, and Projection
  • 7. Brilliant! Enthusiasm for the Aesthetic Qualities of Lippmann's Interferential Photography
  • 8. From Maxwell to Mercury: The Cultural History of Gabriel Lippmann's Colour Photography
  • Part III Contemporary Reception and Future Trajectories
  • 9. Materiality, Identification, and Conservation of Lippmann Plates
  • 10. Exhibiting Gabriel Lippmann: A Collaborative Challenge
  • 11. Modern Lippmann Photog
  • 12. "It's not just a picture, it's a magical object": Interview with Contemporary Lippmann Photographer Filipe Alves
  • Afterword: Building Bridges over Standing Waves
  • Index

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