Luminous-Lint - for collectors and connoisseurs of fine photography
HOME  BACK>>> Subscriptions <<< | Testimonials | Login |

HomeContentsVisual indexesRobert Macpherson

 
  
Standard
  
  
Robert Macpherson 
Biga (Statue of Horses and Chariot) 
1863 (ca) 
  
Albumen silver print 
George Eastman Museum 
 
LL/33155 
  
MacPherson's precise delineation and feeling for chiaroscuro elaborate the majesty of the ancient ruins and provide an experience of the place, leading the Art Journal to say: "You are struck with surprise at seeing so much that you never saw before. . . . In the light and shade of these ruins there is a sentiment which, with the stern truth of the photograph, affects the mind more deeply than a qualified essay in painting."
 
The Art Journal, New Series I, November 1862, 227. 
 

 
  
 
  
HOME  BACK>>> Subscriptions <<< | Testimonials | Login |
 Facebook LuminousLint 
 Twitter @LuminousLint