Format:
XI, 196 S.
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zahlr. Ill.
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28 x 29 cm
ISBN:
1606060546
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9781606060544
Content:
Uncovered here is a captivating visual history of China during photography's first century. Chinese export painters learned and adapted the medium of photography by grafting the new technology onto traditional artistic conventions - employing both brush and shutter. The essays in this volume shed light on the birth of a medium
Note:
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Feb. 8th, 2011. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: Reading early photographs of China
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The history of the camera obscura and early photography in China
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Through a foreign glass : the art and science of photography in late Qing China
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Inventing a "Chinese" portrait style in early photography : the case of Milton Miller
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Chinese as subject : photographic genres in the nineteenth century
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Beyond the frame : the camera in Republican Shanghai and wartime Chongqing
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
China
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Fotografie
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Geschichte 1859-1911
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