Korea: Caught in Time - Couverture rigide

Bennett, Terry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1859641091 ISBN 13 : 9781859641095

Editeur : Ithaca Press, 1997

Synopsis

With an introduction by Martin Uden, this bo ok provides the first ever comprehensive history of photogra phy in Korea and identifies many previously unattributed ima ges. '

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Once known as the Hermit Kingdom , Korea was first prised open by Japan in 1876; it opened to the West in 1883, and even today it remains a little-known country. Yet its distinct culture and history could not be more colourful or fascinating. This book provides the first-ever comprehensive history of early photography in Korea and identifies many previously unattributed images. Photographs from key private collections and museum archives in Europe, America and Russia are collected in this volume, forming a unique anthology and giving insight into the cultural heritage of Korea. The book includes the very first photographs ever taken on Korean soil, by the famous war photographer Felice Beato. He accompanied the American squadron of five ships which landed in 1871 to attempt to open Korea to trade. His photographs show the subsequent fighting and the Korean people the Americans encountered. Other early photographs include royal portraits taken in the 1890s. Queen Min, the last queen of Korea, was assassinated by the Japanese in 1895 and the striking image presented here is the only known photograph of her. With a wide range of pictures by the photographic pioneers who first travelled to the country, including stereoscopes, glass slides and albumen prints all reproduced in duotone plus hand-tinted photographs reproduced in colour, readers will for the first time be able to see the people, the landscape, the town-life and the traditional crafts and costumes of Korea at the turn of the last century.

Revue de presse

In between the cultural titans of China and Japan, Korea is relatively little known. Korea: Caught in Time tells the story of Korea first opening up to the world, favoring a policy of strict isolationism through much of existence. These early photographs focusing on the twilight of the nineteenth century as Japan joined the western world in opening it for trade. A snapshot of a land before a whirlwind of turmoil that came with the twentieth century, Korea: Caught in Time is a fascinating and very much recommended read. --Able Greenspan -- Midwest Book Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ithaca Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1859641091
• ISBN 13: 9781859641095
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 135
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible