Introduction | |
1 | The Prehistory of photography |
Literary predictions of photography | |
2 | Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche: Giphantie (1760) |
Drawing and optical devices | |
3 | Drawing and optical devices |
4 | Introduction to the Claude Glass or Black Mirror |
5 | A history of the camera obscura |
Light-sensitive chemicals | |
6 | Introduction to light-sensitive materials |
7 | An Account of a method of copying Paintings upon glass, and of making Profiles, by the agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver. Invented by T. WEDGWOOD, ESQ. With Observations by H. DAVY. (1802) |
Peepshows | |
8 | Introduction to peepshows |
Magic lanterns | |
9 | History of the magic lantern |
10 | Magic lantern shows and showmen |
Alternative views | |
11 | Spooner's Protean Views |
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre | |
12 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce: Portraits |
13 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce: Cardinal d'Amboise |
14 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce: View from the Window at Le Gras |
Introduction | |
1 | The Prehistory of photography |
Literary predictions of photography | |
2 | Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche: Giphantie (1760) |
Drawing and optical devices | |
3 | Drawing and optical devices |
4 | Introduction to the Claude Glass or Black Mirror |
5 | A history of the camera obscura |
Light-sensitive chemicals | |
6 | Introduction to light-sensitive materials |
7 | An Account of a method of copying Paintings upon glass, and of making Profiles, by the agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver. Invented by T. WEDGWOOD, ESQ. With Observations by H. DAVY. (1802) |
Peepshows | |
8 | Introduction to peepshows |
Magic lanterns | |
9 | History of the magic lantern |
10 | Magic lantern shows and showmen |
Alternative views | |
11 | Spooner's Protean Views |
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre | |
12 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce: Portraits |
13 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce: Cardinal d'Amboise |
14 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce: View from the Window at Le Gras |