Year of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
Master of Arts (MA)
Other Degree Name/Area of Focus
Art History
Department or School/College
School of Art
Committee Chair
H. Rafael Chacon
Commitee Members
Dan Spencer, Deirdre Shaw, Mary Ann Papanek-Miller, Valerie Hedquist
Keywords
American Conservation Movement, Forest Service, Photography
Publisher
University of Montana
Abstract
Gifford Pinchot’s aesthetic developed in childhood and combined the pictorial considerations of the Hudson River School with the use philosophy of early landscape architecture and the format of early western survey photographers. Pinchot and photography came of age during the American industrial revolution; at a time when medium and man seemed to encompass both art and science. Gifford Pinchot used photography to ask the questions what is the proper course? what is the appropriate plan of use?
Recommended Citation
Magill, Carlie Shaw, "Gifford Pinchot's Photographic Aesthetic" (2008). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 1257.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1257
© Copyright 2008 Carlie Shaw Magill