Pictorialism

ピクトリアリズム / late-1800s–c.1914 / Style / Photography Movements

Presented photography as art equal to painting, through soft focus, staged scenes and handworked prints.

Soft focus / Mist and backlight / Painterly composition / Handcrafted prints

Pictorialism — スタイケン『池 — 月光』1904Pictorialism — ドゥマシー 1907–15頃Pictorialism — スタイケン『フラットアイアン』1904
スタイケン『池 — 月光』1904 ／ ドゥマシー 1907–15頃 ／ スタイケン『フラットアイアン』1904

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing historical works and their conditions · Deciding which principles survive translation to today's media
Type
Observe the type and composition of reference works
Composition
Extract the one principle that steers the eye
Material
Verify the technique's own materials, process and support
Caution
Check not only the look but the medium, technique and social context in which it formed.
Further study
Alfred Stieglitz / Edward Steichen / Clarence H. White

Related entries

Source: MoMA — Pictorialism

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