Of Battle and Beauty: Felice Beato's Photographs of China
by Beato, Felice; Harris, David (Curated by)
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0899511007
- ISBN 13
- 9780899511009
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About This Item
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1999. 185 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The images in 'Of battle and beauty, Felice Beato's photographs of China', taken in 1860 during the Second Opium War when the photographer accompanied Anglo-French forces into China, are among the earliest known and the first taken during an actual military campaign." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Karen Sinsheimer; Beyond Beato's Lens: Historical Background to the Events of 1860, by Lyman P. Van Slyke; Imperial Ideology and Felice Beato's Photographs of the Second Opium War in China, by David Harris; Catalogue of the Album; App. A. Supplemental Catalogue; App. B. Facsimile of Hering's Subscription List.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
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- Title
- Of Battle and Beauty: Felice Beato's Photographs of China
- Author
- Beato, Felice; Harris, David (Curated by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0899511007
- ISBN 13
- 9780899511009
- Publisher
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Photography / Individual Photographer; Asian / Chinese; Photography / Subjects & Themes / Combat;
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