Author | : Christine Barthe (ed.) |
File Size | : 48,6 Mb |
Publisher | : Art Book Magazine / Louvre Abu Dhabi |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 23 April 2019 |
ISBN | : 9782821601260 |
Pages | : 192 pages |
An Early Album of the World by Christine Barthe (ed.) Book PDF Summary
Featuring a broad selection of photographs from Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac and other French partner museums, the exhibition catalogue explores the circumstances in which photography was introduced in Europe since 1839 and then practiced around the world, including the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas by leading photographers like Jacques-Philippe Potteau, Isidore van Kinsbergen, Auguste Bartholdi, Désiré Charnay, Muhammad Sadiq Bey, Lala Deen Dayal, Abdullah Brothers and Timothy O’Sullivan. It also features a selection of historical texts on photography by prominent theologian and philosopher, the Emir Abd el-Kader.