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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Salzmann, Auguste Creator Nationality: European; French Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1824 - 1872 Biography: Auguste Salzmann French, 1824-1872Born into a family of painters in Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin in Alsace, Auguste Salzmann exhibited his canvases of landscapes in the Paris Salons of 1847, 1848, and 1850. This artistic background, along with his distinctive subject matter, contributed to Salzmann's photographic style. His photographs were exhibited only once during his lifetime, at the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Primarily interested in archaeology, he belonged to no photographic societies and considered his photographic work merely a tool. Salzmann visited Palestine (1850-51) and Jerusalem (1853), combining a project to record the monuments left by the Crusaders with another that tried to prove the work of scholar Louis-Félicien-Joseph Caignart deSaulcy, whose controversial historical and architectural theories involved the dating of buildings within the ancient city. The resulting images were published by Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Évrard in Jérusalem, époques judaique, romaine, chrétienne, arabe, explorations photographique par A. Salzmann (1854). In these extremely intense studies, light and form were used to animate the ancient buildings and landscape of the Middle East. A journey to Rhodes (185-67) led to another publication, Nécropole de Camiros, which documented a site Salzmann is believed to have discovered. Although much of the biographical information about Salzmann is unclear and remains a subject of debate, his work continues to be influential and admired. T.W.F. Gender: M Creator Birth Place: Ribeauville, France Creator Name-CRT: Auguste Salzmann Title: Tomb of the Virgin, Jerusalem Title Type: Primary Title: Jérusalem. Tombeau de la Vierge Title Type: Foreign View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1854 Creation End Date: 1854 Creation Date: 1854 Object Type: Photographs Classification Term: Photography Materials and Techniques: salted paper print, Blanquart-Évrard process, from waxed paper negative Dimensions: Image: 22.7cm x 32.8cm Inscriptions: Written in negative: "89"; in pencil on verso: "4011" AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1996.10 Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Context: In 1854, Auguste Salzmann was commissioned by the French Ministry of Public Instruction to document the holy city of Jerusalem. His charge was to substantiate the controversial theories about dating ancient ruins proposed by his friend, Louis Félicien de Saulcy, a noted antiquarian. Unlike almost all other photographers documenting architecture in the 19th century, Salzmann relied on extreme close-up views. In this example, he eliminated most of the building, concentrating on the door of the tomb and its surrounding architectural elements. As a result, all indications of scale, terrain, placement, and context normally found in documentary photographs are absent, while the abstract textural and surface qualities of the tomb are emphasized. AMICA ID: CMA_.1996.10 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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