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The Bible and the Image : The History of Photography in The Holy Land, 1839-1899 /

Nir, Yeshayahu

The Bible and the Image : The History of Photography in The Holy Land, 1839-1899 / Yeshayahu Nir. - Reprint 2016 - 1 online resource (296 p.) : 110 illus.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Main Events in Holy Land Photography, 1839-1899 -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Art, Propaganda, and "Remarkable Views": Daguerreotypes, 1839-1844 -- 2. Jerusalem in Beautiful Prints: Calotypes, 1849-1864 -- 3. Early Traveling Landscape Photographers: Wet-Plate Photography, 1857-1862 -- 4. Exploratory Reports and Travelers' Pictures, 1864-1878: Protestant and Catholic Nuances in Holy Land Photography -- 5. Early Local Photographers and the Second Commandment, 1859-1876 -- 6. Early Portrayal of Local Inhabitants: The View from Outside, 1867- -- 7. Native Attitudes -- 8. Travel and Pilgrimage Albums and Books, 1886-1899 -- 9. Missionary Photography and Photojournalism, 1885-1899 -- 10. Arab, Jewish, and “American Colony” Photography, 1890-1899 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Addendum -- Index

restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780812279818 9781512818260

10.9783/9781512818260 doi


Photography--History.--Palestine
RELIGION / Bible / General.

TR113.I75

770.95694