
Sheying
Publisher's Description
The Quing Dynasty, which spanned
three centuries, from 1644 to 1911,
was the last ruling dynasty of China.
Before the collapse of the empire
ended 2,000 years of Imperialism
and ushered in a time of political
and economic strife, artists and artisans
turned out rich paintings,
porcelain plates, vases and photographs—
the last having arrived in
the country in the 1840s. This publication
presents a key selection of
photographs of the Southern
Chinese coast taken by both
Chinese and European photographers.
It touches on the cultural
exchange between the Chinese and
those Western photographers who
began to explore the country, like
Milton M.Miller, William Saunders
and John Thomson. Miller, during a
short period in the 1860s, set up a
photo studio in Hong Kong and
introduced portraiture in the formal
Western style of the time to the
Chinese upper-middle classes.
ISBN: 8475068049
Publisher: Turner
Hardcover : 172 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 9.4 x 11.1 x 1 inches
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Publisher: Turner
Hardcover : 172 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 9.4 x 11.1 x 1 inches