[audiobook] Arts as a Weapon of War; The: Britain and the Shaping of National Morale in World War II by Jorn Weingartner in Arts-Photography

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Each plate is accompanied by a short text which describes the scene and the photographic processes involved in obtaining it. Talbot emphasized the practical implications of his images (for instance; ldquo;The whole cabinet of a Virtuoso and collector of old China might be depicted on paper in little more time than it would take him to make a written inventory describing it in the usual way."); but he also recognized their artistic value ("The chief object of the present work is to place on record some of the early beginnings of a new art; before the period; which we trust is approaching; of its being brought to maturity by the aid of British talent.")