Brush & shutter : early photography in China ; [... accompanies the exhibition Brush and Shutter. Early Photography in China, held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, 8 February - 1 May 2011]

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 sh...

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Other Authors: Cody, Jeffrey W. (Editor, Hrsg.)
Document Type: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty Research Institute , 2011
Subjects:
China
Fotografie
Geschichte 1859-1911
Rezensiertes Werk
Ausstellungskatalog > 2011 > Los Angeles, Calif.
Online Access:Autorenbiografie
Verlagsangaben
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Related Items:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Jeffrey W. Cody and Frances Terpak, eds., Brush & Shutter, early photography in China]
Author Notes:ed. by Jeffrey W. Cody ...
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Reading early photographs of China
  • Wu Hung
  • The history of the camera obscura and early photography in China
  • Edwin K. Lai
  • Through a foreign glass : the art and science of photography in late Qing China
  • Jeffrey W. Cody and Frances Terpak
  • Inventing a "Chinese" portrait style in early photography : the case of Milton Miller
  • Wu Hung
  • Chinese as subject : photographic genres in the nineteenth century
  • Sarah E. Fraser
  • Beyond the frame : the camera in Republican Shanghai and wartime Chongqing
  • Wen-hsin Yeh.

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