Pictures Of Innocence: The History And Crisis Of Ideal Childhood (Interplay)

Pictures of Innocence: The History and Crisis of Ideal Childhood (Interplay)

The ideal of childhood innocence is perhaps the most cherished concept of modern culture, all the more so because it seems to be under siege. This book explores the images that are at once the most common, the most sacred, and the most controversial of our time, ranging from 18th-century portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds to greeting cards by Anne Geddes, from the ambiguous photographs of Lewis Carroll to those of Sally Mann.