Barbarian Lens Western Photographers of the Qianlong Emperor's European Palaces

Name: Barbarian Lens Western Photographers of the Qianlong Emperor's European Palaces
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ISBN: 9789057005190

ISBN-10: 9057005190

ISBN-13: 9789057005190

Edition: 1998

Authors: Thiriez

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The latest volume in the prestigious academic book series Documenting the Image, this is a fascinating survey illustrated by extremely rare photographs of the burned architectural and landscape complex known as the Rape of the Summer Palace. In 1860, Western armies brought ruin to the treasured seat of the Qing emperors near Beijing. One hundred and fifty images have been collected to date as a support for an extensive study of the building of the palaces and their subsequent destruction. This book is a rigourous analysis of the work and experiences of the European photographers, both amateur and professional, working in Beijing during this period, and, as such, becomes an account of the…

Book details

List price: $170.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/1/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 218
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Figures


Introduction to the Series


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Photography, Beijing and European Palaces



Early Photography in Beijing, 1860-1873



Foreigners in Beijing, 1860-1925



Practicing Photography in China, 1860-1925



The European Palaces in the Photographers' Time



The European Palaces in the Eighteenth Century



The Rape of the Summer Palace and Its Aftermath



Photographers of the European Palaces


The Maritime Customs Men in the 1870s



The Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs



Thomas Child--The Photographer of Old Beijing



Ernst Ohlmer--Sailor, Photographer, Customs Officer and Porcelain Collector



Theophile Piry--Forty-Five Years in China Through a Camera Lens


From the Boxer Rebellion to the Warlords



Alfons Freiherr Mumm von Schwarzenstein--A German Envoy in 1901 China



From the 1911 Revolution to the Warlords


The Individuals


The Group of Photographs


Conclusion


Appendices



Glossary



Chronology



The European Palaces of the Yuanmingyuan: Research and Photography



Paul Champion



Table of Photographs


Notes


Bibliography


Index