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Barbarian Lens
Western Photographers of the Qianlong Emperor's European Palaces
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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
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World HistoryIndex
HistoryIndex
1783, engravings ch.9 n.16, 109, ch.12 n.6, 113, 130, 131, 132
1842, Opium War 3, 55
Nanjing, Treaty of 3, 55, 127
1860, Campaign of xxi, 3, 4, 6–10, 23, 27, 55–58, ch.10 n.4, 127, 173–183
Baliqiao, Battle of 56, 124
Dagu Forts, taking of 6, 8, 56, 124
Rape of Summer Palace xv, 6–9, ch.1 n.17, ch.2 n.4, 23, 35, 55, 56–59 & notes, 62, 87, 127, 130
Beijing, Treaty of 7, 19, 20, 127
A
Adam, Maurice ch.6 n.9, ch.12 n.1 & 6, conc. n.3, 130, app. 3 n.2, 176
Aiguebelle, Paul d’ ch.10 n.4
albumen printing paper (process) 28
Alimoff 107, 108, 114, 115, 117, 132, 138–160
Anner, Conrad W. 107, 108–110 w. notes & fig., 115–117, 119, conc. n.3, 121, 122, 128, 132, 138–160, 174
and Peking Union Medical College 109, 110, 122
and Rockefeller Foundation 109, ch.12 n.3, 174
Anner, Mrs. Frances ch.12 n.4 & 5, 109
Arlington, L.C. 73, ch.9 n.2, 96, ch.10 n.7, 176
Attiret, Jean-Denis, S.J. 35, ch.5 n.4, 176
autochrome (process) 28, 31, fig. 51
B
Baldwin, Gordon ch.3 n.1, 176
Banville, Théodore de ch.1 n.10
Barmé, Geremie 60, 176
Beato, Antonio 8
Beato, Felice (Felix) 3–6, 8–10 & notes, fig. 5, 13, ch.3 n.6, 127, 177, 179
Hering List 8, 9, ch.1 n.16, 179
in Burma 9, 179
in India 8, 179
in Japan 8, 9
in Korea 8, ch.1 n.14, ch.3 n.6
in Sudan 8
Beausoleil, Jeanne...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction to the Series
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I Photography, Beijing and European Palaces
- II Photographers of the European Palaces
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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