The arrival of photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

  • Helena Pérez Gallardo Universidad Complutense de Madrid Departamento de Historia del Arte III (Contemporáneo)
Keywords: Photography, Royal Academy of Arts of San Fernando, Jean Laurent, Art Reproduction.

Abstract

The advent of photography in the Nineteenth century was a revolution in the way of seeing and reproducing the Art, an area where lithography recorded in exclusive. In Spain, the request of J. Laurent for taking photographs of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando principal tables, opened the discussion, as in their European counterparts, about the competition of the photography in Art reproduction and consolidated the importance of these new visual libraries created by large photographic companies throughout the century.

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Published
2011-07-11
How to Cite
Pérez Gallardo H. (2011). The arrival of photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Anales de Historia del Arte, 21, 147-165. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANHA.2011.v21.39614
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