American 19-20th Century Photography
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "American 19-20th Century Photography." Articles and essays specific to this topic published in TFAO's Resource Library are listed at the beginning of the section. Clicking on titles takes readers directly to these articles and essays. The date at the end of each title is the Resource Library publication date.
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Articles and essays from Resource Library in chronological order:
A World of Strangers: Crowds in American Art (11/10/15)
Carleton Watkins: The Stanford Albums (5/6/14)
Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928-1939 (4/19/12)
Hide & Seek: Picturing Childhood (10/19/09)
Expanding Horizons: Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918 (7/16/09)
Edward Steichen: The Early Years (2/4/09)
A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from the Carpenter Center Collection (6/24/05)
Pittsfield 1910: A Berkshire Museum Centennial Exhibition (1/21/03)
Thomas Eakins: American Realist (10/24/01)
In Praise of Nature: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American West (10/18/00)
Maryland in Focus: A Photographic History, 1839-2000 (9/24/00)
Moments in Time: Master Photographs from the Currier (8/30/00)
Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices (6/1/00)
Carleton Watkins Exhibit Provides New Technology for Visitors (3/10/00)
Insight: Women's Photographs from the George Eastman House (3/4/00)
Images of an Idyllic Past: The Photographs of Edward S. Curtis (10/26/99)
In Praise of Nature: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American West (10/24/99)
An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital (9/17/99
Photographs from the Collection at the National Gallery of Art (5/26/99)
Edward Curtis: The North American Indian (5/13/99)
William Parker Little, Columbus Pictorialist, 1850-1937 (4/10/99)
Silver & Gold: Photographs of the Gold Rush (11/6/98)
TFAO also suggests Resource Library articles and essays on American photography: 19th Century, 20-21st Century
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