Photographs for the Tsar: The Pioneering Color Photography of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II
by Prokudin-Gorskii, Sergei Mikhailovich; Edited By Robert H. Allshouse
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- ISBN 10
- 0803769962
- ISBN 13
- 9780803769960
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About This Item
New York: Dial Press, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. brown buckram covers, gilt spine, dust jacket, xxiii, 216 pages : illustrations (some color) CONTENTS: Introduction / by Robert H. Allshouse, Village life, Tolstoy and Yasnaya Polyana, Rivers and waterways, Churches and ikons, The Urals, The Caucasus Turkestan and Samarkand, Afterword : Prokudin-Gorskii and the photographic tradition / by Arthur Goldsmith. The photographs in this extraordinary book are the work of a previously unknown pioneer in early twentieth-century color photography, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii -- commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II in 1909 to travel throughout the Russian empire taking photographs. Prokudin-Gorskii managed to bring out of Russia his collection of nearly 2000 glass-plate negatives. This book, produced with the cooperation of the National Archives and the Library of Congress, contains 120 of his finest color photographs -- including the only extant photo in color of Leo Tolstoy. Another 120 have been reproduced in sepia from black-and-white prints. "Photographs for the Tsar" is a landmark contribution to the history of photography. -- Provided by publisher.
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- Title
- Photographs for the Tsar: The Pioneering Color Photography of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II
- Author
- Prokudin-Gorskii, Sergei Mikhailovich; Edited By Robert H. Allshouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0803769962
- ISBN 13
- 9780803769960
- Publisher
- Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Art, Biographies, Documentary photography, Photographers Photographers Russia Biography, Photographes Russie Biographies Photographie artistique, Photography, Artistic, Pictorial works Prokudin-Gorskii?, Sergei? Mikhai?lovich, 1863-1944, Russia, Russia Pi
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- History; Photography;
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