Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

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 shed light on the birth of a medium.

S04/0705 --- S17/2010 --- S17/2125 --- China: History--Modern history, China: after 1840 --- China: Art and archaeology--Photography --- China: Art and archaeology--Musea and exhibitions: USA --- Exhibitions --- Photography, Artistic --- Photography --- China --- History --- Social aspects