The great wide open : panoramic photographs of the American West

Author(s)

• Watt, Jennifer A.
• Bohn-Spector, Claudia
• Huntington Library

Bibliographic Information

The great wide open : panoramic photographs of the American West

Jennifer A. Watts and Claudia Bohn-Spector

Merrell, 2001

Note

Catalog of an exhibition held June 14-Sept. 9, 2001 at The Huntington Library

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Focuses on concepts of the 'panoramic', or the wide-angle view, tracing how this specific form of visual representation amplified the idea of the American West as a supposedly virgin and sparely populated land of endless resources, and an ideal landscape for American enterprise.

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Details

• NCID: BA55875745
• ISBN:
  • 1858941326
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 160 p.
• Size: 20 × 30 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 770.92
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Photography, Artistic
  • LCSH : West (U. S.) -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
  • LCSH : Photography -- West (U. S.) -- Landscapes -- Exhibitions