About 120 photographic images of the second half of the nineteenth - early twentieth century

The State Historical Museum (Gallery of the Resurrection Gate), the exhibition "Family Album. From the history of a shop. " Presents about 120 items - photographic images of the second half of the nineteenth - early twentieth century.

development of science and technology, the need for a simple, accessible and accurate way of obtaining images produced one of the most outstanding discoveries of the XIX century . It was called "Photo", which literally means "light painting».

In the second half of the nineteenth - early twentieth century, among other genres of photography was dominated by a portrait. In the cities actively opened photographic studio. The display cases were exposed to photographic portraits of handsome gentlemen, gentle ladies, burly traders, wealthy citizens. Snapshot photographers of the time depended heavily on the taste of the inhabitants. The card contractor would have had to look attractive and be surrounded by beautiful things. Therefore, a photograph of the nineteenth century is a work of art. It has a certain standard sizes: mignon, visit-portrait, a cabinet-portrait, boudoir, portrait, etc. The positive is pasted on the form of bristol board, made and artistically designed in a special lithographic workshop. This letterhead is the hallmark of the owner of studio: it could see the name and address of the firm, the name of the owner, his honors and awards.

Photographing recognized artistic creativity, photographers called themselves "artists ", and products of their studio -" art ". Technological advances have significantly facilitated the process of shooting and repeatedly increased the number of photographers and portrait studios. The emergence of a huge army of craftsmen, not encumbered problems of artistic creativity, could not but affect the quality of products: the portraits of the beginning of the twentieth century are increasingly represented not a work of art, and production of photographic craft. However, this does not in any way affected the popularity of portrait photography.

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« Photographic Portraits of the subject matter of curiosity, amusement, luxury has become a necessary accessory, the need of every family, every circle of friends, colleagues, friends, colleagues, your best recollection of family, friendship and social events and relationships "- wrote the magazine" Photographer ". Photograph became an integral part of everyday culture of society. In each house the portraits hanging on the walls, stood in on the tables, each family had a photographic album, which was accompanied by a person from childhood to old age, fixing, maintaining, keeping in memory all the significant events that add up eventually into a kind of diary, chronicle human life.

The exhibition includes works of professional portrait photography, made in the metropolitan and provincial shop, captured from different social groups. The unique collection of the Historical Museum presents the works of true art and skillful craftsmanship with all the characteristic features of this period, and stamps. This - concise documents of historical time, extinct social and home environment.

exhibition will run until April 4, 2011.

Source: shm.ru