Église Notre Dame - Côté sud
Medium
salted paper print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 16.2 × 21.7 cm (6 3/8 × 8 9/16 in.) mount: 33.1 × 42.7 cm (13 1/16 × 16 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Clinton and Jean Wright Fund
Accession Number
2020.55.1
Art Historical Context
Step into the luminous world of early photography with François-Auguste Renard's *Église Notre Dame - C sud* (1852), a delicate salted paper print capturing the south facade of Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral. This .2 × 21.7 cm image, on a larger 33.1 × 42.7 cm sheet, showcases the Gothic splendor of the 12th-14th century landmark—its flying buttresses, rose window, and intricate stonework rendered with a soft, warm glow characteristic of the era. Created just a decade after the invention of photography, Renard's work exemplifies the salted paper process pioneered by William Henry Fox Talbot. Li...