Louis de Carmontelle was an eighteenth-century French draftsman, painter, and garden designer. In 1783, he began painting a series of panoramas on translucent paper that, when cranked through a backlit viewing box gave viewers the experience of journeying through beautiful landscapes.Drawing from both museum and private collections, Carmontelle's "Landscape Transparencies", re-creates the original viewing experience by leading the reader through a series of full-colour scenes and two stunning panoramic gatefolds, and in the process offers a lively analysis of eighteenth-century life and a rare glimpse into the very beginnings of the moving image.
| ISBN: | 9780892369096 |
| Publication date: | 7th January 2008 |
| Author: | De Brancion |
| Publisher: | Getty Publications an imprint of Getty Trust Publications |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | Getty Publications – |
| Genres: |
The Arts: treatments and subjects |