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1 online resource (219 pages) |
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Cover; Barbarian Lens: Western Photographers of the Qianlong Emperor's European Palaces; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: PHOTOGRAPHY, BEIJING AND EUROPEAN PALACES; 1. EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY IN BEIJING, 1860-1873; 2. FOREIGNERS IN BEIJING, 1860-1925; 3. PRACTICING PHOTOGRAPHY IN CHINA, 1860-1925; 4. THE EUROPEAN PALACES IN THE PHOTOGRAPHERS' TIME; 5. THE EUROPEAN PALACES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 6. THE RAPE OF THE SUMMER PALACE AND ITS AFTERMATH; PART II: PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE EUROPEAN PALACES |
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THE MARITIME CUSTOMS MEN IN THE 1870S7. THE IMPERIAL CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS; 8. THOMAS CHILD: The Photographer of Old Beijing; 9. ERNST OHLMER: Sailor, Photographer, Customs Officer and Porcelain Collector; 10. A. THÉOPHILE PIRY: Forty-Five Years in China Through a Camera Lens; FROM THE BOXER REBELLION TO THE WARLORDS; 11. ALFONS FREIHERR MUMM VON SCHWARZENSTEIN: A German Envoy in 1901 China; 12. FROM THE 1911 REVOLUTION TO THE WARLORDS; THE INDIVIDUALS; THE GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1: GLOSSARY; APPENDIX 2: CHRONOLOGY |
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APPENDIX 3: THE EUROPEAN PALACES OF THE YUANMINGYUAN: RESEARCH AND PHOTOGRAPHYAPPENDIX 4: PAUL CHAMPION; APPENDIX 5: TABLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index |
| Summary |
Part of 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 amate |
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Print version record |
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Photographers -- China -- Beijing -- History
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Palaces -- China -- 18th century
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Architecture, Chinese -- European influences
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Jesuit architecture -- China -- Beijing
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Buildings
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Jesuit architecture
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Palaces
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Photographers
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| SUBJECT |
Yuan Ming Yuan (Beijing, China) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149419
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Beijing (China) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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China
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China -- Beijing
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China -- Beijing -- Yuan Ming Yuan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203827277 |
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0203827279 |
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