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Hippolyte Bayard — Colonnade de l'église de la Madeleine
Hippolyte Bayard

Colonnade de l'église de la Madeleine

1842

Neoclassical columns create dramatic vertical rhythms in this architectural study, highlighting the calotype process's particular strength in rendering stone textures and monumental scale.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, No. 21 from the portfolio "Bayard: XXV Calotypes, 1842-1850" (1965)

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Hippolyte Bayard, Colonnade de l'église de la Madeleine, 1842

Neoclassical columns create dramatic vertical rhythms in this architectural study, highlighting the calotype process's particular strength in rendering stone textures and monumental scale.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, No. 21 from the portfolio "Bayard: XXV Calotypes, 1842-1850" (1965)
Year
1842
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Calotype, Documentary, Photograph, Classical, Gelatin Silver Print, Architecture, Black and White

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art