The first book highlighting the historical roots and contemporary implications of the silhouette as an American art form Before the advent of photography in 1839, Americans were consumed by the fashion for silhouette portraits.
Black Out , the first major publication to focus on the development of silhouettes, gathers leading experts to shed light on the surpr.
Economical in every sense, the small, stark profiles cost far less than oil paintings and could be made in minutes.
The first book highlighting the historical roots and contemporary implications of the silhouette as an American art form Before the advent of photography in 1839, Americans were consumed by the fashion for silhouette portraits