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View of the Parthenon

c. 1880s

Adolphe Braun & Co.

(French, 1845–1894)
Culture
France
Medium
mammoth carbon print
Measurements
Image: 37.3 x 47.1 cm (14 11/16 x 18 9/16 in.); Paper: 39.2 x 50.3 cm (15 7/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2021.61
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Carbon prints are among the stable and long-lasting photographic processes.

Description

Adolphe marketed his photos of flowers, artworks, landscapes, and monuments from across Europe throughout that continent and in North America. The Acropolis of Athens, the most famous ancient Greek site, must have sold well; Braun offered multiple views of it. The image on a carbon print is formed from pigmented gelatin, which is far more resistant to fading than the silver or metal salts in silver-based prints.
A horizontally oriented black-and-white carbon print photograph depicts the sprawling stone ruins of the Acropolis. In the foreground, massive weathered blocks border rectangular pits. The middle ground is cluttered with hundreds of white stone fragments where two small figures stand. To the right, the Parthenon's colonnade and pediment rise against a vast, cloudy sky, while the Erechtheion stands to the left before a distant mountain ridge.

View of the Parthenon

c. 1880s

Adolphe Braun & Co.

(French, 1845–1894)
France

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