Among the Celestials

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.

出版者:Mercatorfonds

作者:Ferdinand M. Bertholet

页数:224

出版时间:2014-10-14

价格:USD 65.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780300196566

图书标签:摄影史老照片摄影photography史料历史

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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一个世纪前的中国 还以天朝自居 却已风雨飘摇

除了城建、民生、百姓的家庭，还有行刑。

照片集，前面有狄瑞景写的一个简介

这本印刷超好，排版有点混乱不知道以什么为线索的。很奇怪，celestials 是指中国人的话，为什么用这个词？

这本印刷超好，排版有点混乱不知道以什么为线索的。很奇怪，celestials 是指中国人的话，为什么用这个词？