Courtauld Institute of Art

Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz

Costanza Caraffa

The essays, originally presented at conferences in London and Florence, and collected here in revised form, investigate the phenomenom of art reprodiction, the scholarly use of photography and the institutionalization of photo archives. The main themes that link the contributions are the materiality of the photographic object and the archive as a site for scholarship in art, art history and other fields.

Photo Archives and the Photographic Memory of Art History

Tiziana Serena

The question of the (photographic) construction and representation of national identity is not limited to the ‘long 19th century’, but is a current issue in the post-colonial, post-global, digital world. The essays by international contributors aim at studying the relationship between photographic archives and the idea of nation, yet without focusing on single symbolic icons and instead considering the wider archival and sedimental dimension.

Costanza Caraffa

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