Review of Stephen C. Pinson, Speculating Daguerre: Art and Enterprise in the Work of L. J. M. Daguerre. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012

François Brunet (1)

1 LARCA UMR 8225 - Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Cultures Anglophones

Review of Stephen Pinson's book, Speculating Daguerre (2012), emphasizing the innovative input of this text in relation to the preexisting historiography on Daguerre and especially the inclusion of the photographic pioneer in a broader history of French art in the 19th century.

Keywords: Daguerre; photography; history of French art; archives

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Art and art history; Humanities and Social Sciences; History; Humanities and Social Sciences; Cultural heritage and museology

François Brunet. Review of Stephen C. Pinson, Speculating Daguerre: Art and Enterprise in the Work of L. J. M. Daguerre. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. CAA Review, 2012, caa.reviews, ⟨10.3202/caa.reviews.2012.148⟩. ⟨hal-01545844⟩