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[[File:Photostat, Advertisement for a Megalethoscope, Invented by Charles Ponti, 1862–65 (CH 18443907).jpg|thumb|Megalethoscope; invented by Charles Ponti, 1862–65]] |
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Carlo Ponti was born in [[Sagno]] in Canton [[Ticino]] between 1922-1824.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203941782 |title=Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography |date=2013-12-16 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-203-94178-2 |editor-last=Hannavy |editor-first=John}}</ref> He moved as an adult to Paris to work for about five years in the [[Robert-Aglaé Cauchoix|Cauchoix]] studio before settling in Venice in 1852. There he opened an optician’s shop in piazza San Marco 52 producing high quality instruments for astronomy and physics and photographic lenses, especially those used for panoramas, for which he had sole rights, as well as selling products of other companies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203941782 |title=Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography |date=2013-12-16 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-203-94178-2 |editor-last=Hannavy |editor-first=John}}</ref> |
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As a photographer and editor Ponti distributed photographic prints, both his own and others, building a large clientele. On 30 May 1854 he was awarded a silver medal for his photographic equipment at the Esposizione Industriale Veneta. From this time he systematically photographed Venice and by 1855 had a catalogue of 160 photographic views of Venetian architecture (''Guida fotografica illustrata della città di Venezia''), each captioned with historical and aesthetic information, supported by an introductory history of Venetian architectur, which was awarded at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1855. He collaborated with Francesco Maria Zinelli and Giuseppe Beniamino Coen. He published and distributed postcards and travel photographs of Venice and its art and architecture on an industrial scale, issuing thousands of prints a month by hundreds of employees. Tourists' collections of such photographic ‘spolia’ were preserved in their own photographic albums, and such distribution popularised classical and Renassiance Italian art.<ref name=":0" /> He provided an outlet for other studio operators such as the [[Domenico Bresolin]], who, on attaining the chair in landscape at the Accademia, transferred his studio and archive to Ponte; Antonio Perini and [[Carlo Naya]].<ref name=":0" /> Ponti distributed their work with his own stamp, so that attribution is often disputed; Perini was probably the author pf some of the photographs in the catalogue Ponti presented at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1855. He was awarded a medal at the London International Exposition in 1862.<ref>Ponti Carlo. ''Charles Ponti Opticien Et Photographe De S.m. Le Roi D'italie : Inventeur Et Fabriquant De L'alethoscope ... : Place S.l Marc N. 52. Venise Riva Degli Schiavoni (Quai) N. 4180''. C. Ponti 1862. Advertisement for Ponti's photographs of Venice and Italy. Wood-engraved ill. of the medal awarded Ponti at the London International Exhibition of 1862. Printed on gray wove paper</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Point was an optician to King [[Victor Emanuel II of Italy]] and inventor of a sophisticated version of the [[Raree show|peep show]], a [[megalethoscope]], a viewing device for photographs<ref name="cin" /> and its larger version, the [[alethoscope]].<ref name="athl">{{Cite book |last=Minici |first=Carlo Alberto Zotti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h6kfAQAAIAAJ&q=Alethoscope |title=Magic visions before the advent of the cinema |date=2001 |publisher=Il poligrafo |isbn=978-88-7115-299-8 |language=it}}</ref> |
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Carlo Ponti (1823–1893) was a Swiss-born optician and photographer from Venice.[1][2]
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Carlo Ponti was born in Sagno in Canton Ticino between 1922-1824.[3] He moved as an adult to Paris to work for about five years in the Cauchoix studio before settling in Venice in 1852. There he opened an optician’s shop in piazza San Marco 52 producing high quality instruments for astronomy and physics and photographic lenses, especially those used for panoramas, for which he had sole rights, as well as selling products of other companies.[3]
As a photographer and editor Ponti distributed photographic prints, both his own and others, building a large clientele. On 30 May 1854 he was awarded a silver medal for his photographic equipment at the Esposizione Industriale Veneta. From this time he systematically photographed Venice and by 1855 had a catalogue of 160 photographic views of Venetian architecture (Guida fotografica illustrata della città di Venezia), each captioned with historical and aesthetic information, supported by an introductory history of Venetian architectur, which was awarded at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1855. He collaborated with Francesco Maria Zinelli and Giuseppe Beniamino Coen. He published and distributed postcards and travel photographs of Venice and its art and architecture on an industrial scale, issuing thousands of prints a month by hundreds of employees. Tourists' collections of such photographic ‘spolia’ were preserved in their own photographic albums, and such distribution popularised classical and Renassiance Italian art.[3] He provided an outlet for other studio operators such as the Domenico Bresolin, who, on attaining the chair in landscape at the Accademia, transferred his studio and archive to Ponte; Antonio Perini and Carlo Naya.[3] Ponti distributed their work with his own stamp, so that attribution is often disputed; Perini was probably the author pf some of the photographs in the catalogue Ponti presented at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1855. He was awarded a medal at the London International Exposition in 1862.[4]
Point was an optician to King Victor Emanuel II of Italy and inventor of a sophisticated version of the peep show, a megalethoscope, a viewing device for photographs[1] and its larger version, the alethoscope.[5]
References
- ^ a b The History of the Discovery of Cinematography, Chapter Ten: 1860-1869
- ^ Plant, Margaret (2002-01-01). Venice: Fragile City, 1797-1997. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-08386-6.
- ^ a b c d Hannavy, John, ed. (2013-12-16). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-94178-2.
- ^ Ponti Carlo. Charles Ponti Opticien Et Photographe De S.m. Le Roi D'italie : Inventeur Et Fabriquant De L'alethoscope ... : Place S.l Marc N. 52. Venise Riva Degli Schiavoni (Quai) N. 4180. C. Ponti 1862. Advertisement for Ponti's photographs of Venice and Italy. Wood-engraved ill. of the medal awarded Ponti at the London International Exhibition of 1862. Printed on gray wove paper
- ^ Minici, Carlo Alberto Zotti (2001). Magic visions before the advent of the cinema (in Italian). Il poligrafo. ISBN 978-88-7115-299-8.
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