scholarly journals Two 19th Century Japanese Souvenir Travel Albums At The Art Gallery Of Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Li
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Woodblock Prints ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Early Photography

This paper analyzes two nineteenth-century Japanese souvenir travel albums from the Art Gallery of Ontario's collection of photography. The project includes: a literature survey discussing sources and researchers of early photography in Japan; contextual research on the introduction of photographic technology in nineteenth-century Japan and the influence that traditional woodblock prints may have had on the genre of commercial souvenir photographs of Japan; and a detailed description of both album with a potential attribution. Furthermore, the applied component of the project, which entailed documentation of both albums in the form of a catalogue of their 100 tinted albumen prints, is included as an appendix. The paper also provides recommendations for the optimal storage and preservation of both albums, as well as a housing solution. The cataloguing and housing of the two albums will enhance accessibility and facilitate future research of these albums.

scholarly journals Two 19th Century Japanese Souvenir Travel Albums At The Art Gallery Of Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Li
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Woodblock Prints ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Early Photography

This paper analyzes two nineteenth-century Japanese souvenir travel albums from the Art Gallery of Ontario's collection of photography. The project includes: a literature survey discussing sources and researchers of early photography in Japan; contextual research on the introduction of photographic technology in nineteenth-century Japan and the influence that traditional woodblock prints may have had on the genre of commercial souvenir photographs of Japan; and a detailed description of both album with a potential attribution. Furthermore, the applied component of the project, which entailed documentation of both albums in the form of a catalogue of their 100 tinted albumen prints, is included as an appendix. The paper also provides recommendations for the optimal storage and preservation of both albums, as well as a housing solution. The cataloguing and housing of the two albums will enhance accessibility and facilitate future research of these albums.

scholarly journals A full catalogue and analysis of a collection of postcards at the Art Gallery of Ontario depicting scenes of Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Piitz
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Production Cycle ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
History Of ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Commercial Photography ◽  
The City ◽  
Photographic Imagery ◽  
The Way

This applied thesis is focused on the full cataloguing and contextualizing of a collection of one hundred and sixteen postcards at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) depicting scenes of Toronto a the beginning of the twentieth century. Twenty-seven publishers representing international, national and regional manufacturers are identified with their imprint on the verso of the postcard. The applied thesis includes a literature survey discussing a rationale for the cataloguing of postcards, as well as a brief overview of the history of postcards and the history of the urbanization of the City of Toronto. A description and analysis of the AGO postcards provides information about the production cycle of postcards, the scope of commercial photography and the dissemination of photographic imagery in Toronto. The thesis also examines the way images were altered in the production cycle and the manner in which photographers and publishers exchanged photographs intended for postcard production.

scholarly journals A full catalogue and analysis of a collection of postcards at the Art Gallery of Ontario depicting scenes of Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Piitz
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Production Cycle ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
History Of ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Commercial Photography ◽  
The City ◽  
Photographic Imagery ◽  
The Way

This applied thesis is focused on the full cataloguing and contextualizing of a collection of one hundred and sixteen postcards at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) depicting scenes of Toronto a the beginning of the twentieth century. Twenty-seven publishers representing international, national and regional manufacturers are identified with their imprint on the verso of the postcard. The applied thesis includes a literature survey discussing a rationale for the cataloguing of postcards, as well as a brief overview of the history of postcards and the history of the urbanization of the City of Toronto. A description and analysis of the AGO postcards provides information about the production cycle of postcards, the scope of commercial photography and the dissemination of photographic imagery in Toronto. The thesis also examines the way images were altered in the production cycle and the manner in which photographers and publishers exchanged photographs intended for postcard production.

scholarly journals Photographic retouching: the press picture editor's "invisible" tool 1930-1939 : a study of retouched press prints from the Art Gallery of Ontario's British Press Agencies Collection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Verbin
Keyword(s):  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Historical Information ◽  
The Press ◽  
History Of ◽  
British Press ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario

Photographic Retouching investigates the mediatory work of the news picture editor during the 1930s. It considers what retouched press photographs add to the history of modern photojournalism, and offers a re-examination of the historiography of 1930s press photography. A descriptive analysis of sixteen representative, retouched photographs from the Art Gallery Of Ontario (AGO) British Press Agencies Collection (BPAC) and ten corresponding newspaper and magazine page spreads from the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Dispatch and Life is carried out in conjecture with press photography manuals published between the years 1930 and 1939. A literature survey, methodology section and description of the BPAC provide introductory contextual and historical information. Chapters 4 and 5, the main analytical sections, focus on two aspects of retouching: the technical difficulties that afflicted press photography during the 1930s and how retouching was employed as a corrective tool; and the ways in which retouching was utilized to strengthen and improve upon the photograph’s ability to consistently convey a clear and visually efficient narrative for use by the press.

scholarly journals The Matthew R. Isenburg collection: the dissemination of information on a private photographic collection, 1972 ‐ 2012

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Courtney
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Gold Rush ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Nineteenth Century Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Collection ◽  
Early Photography ◽  
Century Literature

This thesis examines how the Matthew R. Isenburg Collection of nineteenth‐century photography and photographica, assembled between 1972 and 2012, was used by researchers, scholars, and photography‐enthusiasts, and how information about it was disseminated to the public, prior to its sale to the Archive of Modern Conflict, Toronto, in 2012. The private collection focused on five areas from early photography (1830s – 1860s): the Southworth & Hawes photography studio (Boston, 1843 – 1863), images of and information about the California Gold Rush (1848 – 1855), photographic technology (including cameras, lenses, and studio equipment), daguerreotype and ambrotype cases, and nineteenth-­‐century literature (featuring technical manuals and sales catalogues). This thesis features a literature survey, documentation of how Isenburg displayed his collection within his home, a description of the experience of visiting his collection, an annotated bibliography of publications that feature the collection, and an analytical chapter describing how the reputation of the collector and collection evolved.

scholarly journals Views Of Egypt By Georgios And Constantinos Zangaki : Examining A Late Nineteenth-Century Photographic Album At The Art Gallery of Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serra. Erdem
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario

This thesis focuses on Views of Egypt, an album housed in the Art Gallery of Ontario, that contains forty-six albumen prints of which twenty-seven are made by two Greek brothers: Georgios (ca.1845-ca.1895) and Constantinos (ca. 1845-1916) Zangaki. The Zangaki brothers worked as commercial photographers in the late nineteenth century in the Levant. Considering the extensive number of prints by the Zangaki brothers in various institutions worldwide, they must have been successful; yet neither they nor their photographs are well known. Views of Egypt is part of a larger enterprise: late nineteenth-century photography in Egypt that aimed at supplying Oriental scenes and picturesque views to the Western tourist. The Zangaki brothers' photographs are representative of this period and merit closer examination. Furthermore, as it is important to preserve such examples, the last part of the thesis considers the preservation of both the album and the photographs it contains.

scholarly journals Collection anthropologique du Muséum de Paris : ethnographic portraits by Jacques-Philippe Potteau

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juli Sheptytsky-Zäll
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Second Empire ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Nineteenth Century France ◽  
Presentation Methods ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Source Of Information

Jacques-Philippe Potteau, a lesser known photographer and naturalist in nineteenth-century France, produced a series of ethnographic portraits under the title "Collection Anthropologique du Museum de Paris" for the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, between 1860-1869. This paper investigates a representative set of the series, found at the Art Gallery of Ontario, which has been used as a source of information for looking at the photographer's mode and scope of production. These ethnographic portraits, made according to conventions of commercial studio portraiture in Second Empire France, were used for the study and classification of man and displayed as specimens in the Anthropology Collection at the Muséum. By looking at the variation between the most formal and the most sterile compositions, the various presentation methods and the labels as a new source of information, Potteau is identified as a photographer who produced work more independently than previously thought.

scholarly journals Creating a guide and controlled vocabulary for cataloguing photographic jewellery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea J Beiko
Keyword(s):  
Literature Survey ◽  
Controlled Vocabulary ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Practical Project ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Vocabulary List

This thesis is a practical project which consists of a guide and controlled vocabulary for cataloguing photographic jewellery. Although photographic jewellery has been around for over a century, there currently is no standard guide or controlled vocabulary with which to catalogue such items. Twenty-one institutions and private collectors were contacted in regards to their current cataloguing structure. Using their information, alongside museum registration methods and pre-existing regulations, a guide and vocabulary list has been created and can be implemented on current and future photographic jewellery collections. The accompanying essay takes into account the history, uses, and preservation concerns of photographic jewellery. The research, observations, and conclusions are derived from the collection within the Art Gallery of Ontario, the publications listed within the Literature Survey, and from numerous research sources in order to provide a resource for those interested in the subject of photographic jewellery, and the necessity of cataloguing them. This thesis is a practical project which consists of a guide and controlled vocabulary for cataloguing photographic jewellery. Although photographic jewellery has been around for over a century, there currently is no standard guide or controlled vocabulary with which to catalogue such items. Twenty-one institutions and private collectors were contacted in regards to their current cataloguing structure. Using their information, alongside museum registration methods and pre-existing regulations, a guide and vocabulary list has been created and can be implemented on current and future photographic jewellery collections. The accompanying essay takes into account the history, uses, and preservation concerns of photographic jewellery. The research, observations, and conclusions are derived from the collection within the Art Gallery of Ontario, the publications listed within the Literature Survey, and from numerous research sources in order to provide a resource for those interested in the subject of photographic jewellery, and the necessity of cataloguing them.

scholarly journals Creating a guide and controlled vocabulary for cataloguing photographic jewellery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea J Beiko
Keyword(s):  
Literature Survey ◽  
Controlled Vocabulary ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Practical Project ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Art Gallery Of Ontario ◽  
Vocabulary List

This thesis is a practical project which consists of a guide and controlled vocabulary for cataloguing photographic jewellery. Although photographic jewellery has been around for over a century, there currently is no standard guide or controlled vocabulary with which to catalogue such items. Twenty-one institutions and private collectors were contacted in regards to their current cataloguing structure. Using their information, alongside museum registration methods and pre-existing regulations, a guide and vocabulary list has been created and can be implemented on current and future photographic jewellery collections. The accompanying essay takes into account the history, uses, and preservation concerns of photographic jewellery. The research, observations, and conclusions are derived from the collection within the Art Gallery of Ontario, the publications listed within the Literature Survey, and from numerous research sources in order to provide a resource for those interested in the subject of photographic jewellery, and the necessity of cataloguing them. This thesis is a practical project which consists of a guide and controlled vocabulary for cataloguing photographic jewellery. Although photographic jewellery has been around for over a century, there currently is no standard guide or controlled vocabulary with which to catalogue such items. Twenty-one institutions and private collectors were contacted in regards to their current cataloguing structure. Using their information, alongside museum registration methods and pre-existing regulations, a guide and vocabulary list has been created and can be implemented on current and future photographic jewellery collections. The accompanying essay takes into account the history, uses, and preservation concerns of photographic jewellery. The research, observations, and conclusions are derived from the collection within the Art Gallery of Ontario, the publications listed within the Literature Survey, and from numerous research sources in order to provide a resource for those interested in the subject of photographic jewellery, and the necessity of cataloguing them.

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