Sculptural Frieze by Cavelier, Minerva Surrounded by the Muses of the Arts
Adolphe Terris
c. 1868
Medium
Cyanotype
Dimensions
27.5 × 37.5 cm (image); 27.5 × 38.1 (paper)
Classification
cyanotype
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
150433
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
A founding member of the Société Marseillaise de Photographie, Adolphe Terris was commissioned over a nearly 20-year period beginning in the early 1860s to document the large-scale public construction projects that were modernizing the city of Marseilles. He photographed the medieval streets of the old city as well as the newer railroad tracks, canals, boulevards, and government buildings. A print such as this would have been used as a reference for an architect (cyanotypes, or blue prints, coul...