Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. The Americas
6. modern American
7. modern North American
8. [modern North American fine arts styles and movements]

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the movement among American Pictorialist photographers lead by Alfred Stieglizt in New York in 1902 with the objective of promoting photography as a valid and refined artistic medium. The style sought to elevate the status of fine photographic printing through the use of gum bichromate or platinum prints to emulate paint, pastel or other traditional media and with the emphasis on soft focus, composition, and texture.