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- catalog abstract ""In the 1840s a revolution began in both book publishing and the presentation of American history. Inexpensive techniques for reproducing visual images in books allowed established artists, who often had no training in history, to present their own patriotic interpretations of historical events. Meanwhile authors - encouraged by publishers eager to expand into the popular market - eventually began to write their texts with these images in mind. This symbiotic relationship and the mass-market acceptance of this dramatic and often melodramatic pictorial genre had an enormous effect on the kind and the intensity of history that Americans absorbed." "Picturing the Past, an illustrated history of these often maligned illustrated history books, offers a detailed look into the visual culture of the past. Pfitzer finds that these books were directed at not only semiliterate immigrants but also middle-class Americans seeking to reaffirm their patriotism. Not suprisingly, many books contained sentimental and even comic misrepresentations of history, but some authors and illustrators also showed real sparks of genius in the way they condensed the past and made it comprehensible." "By the 1890s a new breed of professional historian was expressing deep concern about the "deverbalization" of culture brought on by illustrated histories. Suspicions about the reliability of visual evidence - including photographs - called into question the relevancy of visual literacy. By 1900 the heyday of the illustrated history book had ended, and that of the monograph, journal article, and professional paper had begun."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12637142.
- catalog coverage "United States Historiography.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""By the 1890s a new breed of professional historian was expressing deep concern about the "deverbalization" of culture brought on by illustrated histories. Suspicions about the reliability of visual evidence - including photographs - called into question the relevancy of visual literacy. By 1900 the heyday of the illustrated history book had ended, and that of the monograph, journal article, and professional paper had begun."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""In the 1840s a revolution began in both book publishing and the presentation of American history. Inexpensive techniques for reproducing visual images in books allowed established artists, who often had no training in history, to present their own patriotic interpretations of historical events. Meanwhile authors - encouraged by publishers eager to expand into the popular market - eventually began to write their texts with these images in mind. This symbiotic relationship and the mass-market acceptance of this dramatic and often melodramatic pictorial genre had an enormous effect on the kind and the intensity of history that Americans absorbed."".
- catalog description ""Picturing the Past, an illustrated history of these often maligned illustrated history books, offers a detailed look into the visual culture of the past. Pfitzer finds that these books were directed at not only semiliterate immigrants but also middle-class Americans seeking to reaffirm their patriotism. Not suprisingly, many books contained sentimental and even comic misrepresentations of history, but some authors and illustrators also showed real sparks of genius in the way they condensed the past and made it comprehensible."".
- catalog description "1: The literature of the unlearned: the emergence of the visual, 1840-1861 -- "An aid to the imagination": the pictorial mode and the rise of illustrated history -- "Pictures on memory's wall": visual perspective and the pictorial field books -- "Vulgar and strict historical truth": giftbooks, sentimental history, and the grand manner -- 2: The pictorial turn: realism and visual literacy, 1861-1890 -- "Eyewitness to history": challenges to the sentimental form -- "A string for the pearls": the centennial celebration and humanizing history -- 3: The tyranny of the pictorial: challenges to the visual, 1890-1900 -- "Colors that do not fade": chromos and the professional attack on illustrated histories -- "The subjective eye and the conventionalizing hand": photography and realism.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-266) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 276 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Picturing the past.".
- catalog identifier "1588340848 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Picturing the past.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Picturing the past.".
- catalog spatial "United States Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973/.07/2 21".
- catalog subject "E175 .P477 2002".
- catalog subject "Historiography Social aspects United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Illustrated books United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, American.".
- catalog subject "Visual communication Social aspects United States History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1: The literature of the unlearned: the emergence of the visual, 1840-1861 -- "An aid to the imagination": the pictorial mode and the rise of illustrated history -- "Pictures on memory's wall": visual perspective and the pictorial field books -- "Vulgar and strict historical truth": giftbooks, sentimental history, and the grand manner -- 2: The pictorial turn: realism and visual literacy, 1861-1890 -- "Eyewitness to history": challenges to the sentimental form -- "A string for the pearls": the centennial celebration and humanizing history -- 3: The tyranny of the pictorial: challenges to the visual, 1890-1900 -- "Colors that do not fade": chromos and the professional attack on illustrated histories -- "The subjective eye and the conventionalizing hand": photography and realism.".
- catalog title "Picturing the past : illustrated histories and the American imagination, 1840-1900 / Gregory M. Pfitzer.".
- catalog type "text".