Among the Celestials: China in Early Photographs by Bertholet, Ferdinand M.

Among the Celestials: China in Early Photographs

The flourishing of photography as a medium in the mid-19th century coincided with a rise in curiosity...
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Author: Ferdinand M. Bertholet
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Among the Celestials: China in Early Photographs by Bertholet, Ferdinand M.

Among the Celestials: China in Early Photographs

CHF 144.17

Among the Celestials: China in Early Photographs

CHF 144.17
Author: Ferdinand M. Bertholet
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The flourishing of photography as a medium in the mid-19th century coincided with a rise in curiosity about China on the part of the Western world. As the number of foreigners living and traveling in China increased, early photographs of China were taken by and for an international audience. Among the Celestials assembles 250 fascinating images of China in the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th, captured by the Western camera lens. The photographs portray the gritty side of the country as well as stunning views of palaces, temples, harbors, and gardens. This juxtaposition of the sordid and the serene provides a multidimensional picture of China's physical and social landscape before Mao Zedong's ascent to power changed the country forever. The photographs, many published here for the first time, are both beautiful and moving, and together offer a new understanding of a social and cultural history associated with a time of significant historical change.

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Author: Ferdinand M. Bertholet, Lambert Van Der Aalsvoort
Publisher: Mercatorfonds
Published: 10/14/2014
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 4.14lbs
Size: 12.11h x 10.16w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780300196566

About the Author
Ferry Bertholet is an artist, author, and collector. Lambert van der Aalsvoort is an historian, author, and collector. Régine Thiriez is a researcher in 19th-century photography in China.


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