{"product_id":"solid-pictures-patrick-r-crowley-9781941366899","title":"Solid Pictures: Photosculpture and the Making of Modern Likeness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore 3D printing, there was photosculpture: discover the forgotten 19th-century process that revolutionized concepts of sculptural space\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished with Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAutomated three-dimensional modeling is older than you might think. As early as 1859, François Willème sought to make domestically scaled portrait sculpture for the Second French Empire's burgeoning middle class. Using an elaborate system of synchronized projection technologies and mechanical instruments, Willème translated the photographic information of silhouette profiles into solid figures in a variety of mediums which he promised to clients in as few as 48 hours. Though these initial experiments proved a commercial failure, they would nevertheless profoundly influence the technologies of scanning and printing that are ubiquitous today. Lavishly illustrated with rare surviving examples of photosculpture, \u003ci\u003eSolid Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e includes a trove of previously unpublished material including patents, photographic plates and other ephemera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick R. Crowley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941366899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941366899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory R. Miller \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Patrick R. Crowley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874642014463,"sku":"9781941366899","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/solid-pictures-patrick-r-crowley-9781941366899","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}