Título: Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City
Autor: Felicitas Titus
Sinopse: This collection of rare and vintage postcards offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital.
Comprising 355 black-and-white and hand-tinted Beijing photography postcards that span the period from the last years of Imperial China to the Japanese invasion of 1937, it is a treasure trove for buffs of Beijing history, collectors, Sinophiles, and anyone fascinated by people and cultures from times past.
Readers will enjoy the wide selection of images showing different aspects of the life of old Peking—from the arrival of a camel train at a city gate to hand-colored views of the Forbidden City and an array of vendors, street performers, officials, gentry, commoners, and foreign tourists. Several chapters present the city's distinctive Beijing architecture—its walls and gates, towers, fountains, temples, pagodas, memorial arches, and public or imperial buildings, including the Summer and Winter Palaces and the Ming Tombs. Other chapters of Chinese photography look at the Manchu rulers, street life, the Legation Quarter and Western presence, and the Great Wall.
Included are some rare scenes depicting the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion and 1911 revolution; Manchu fashion, colorful means of transportation, and the coming of the railroad. Of particular note are images of the Empress Dowager, the child emperor Puyi, and other personalities at the Manchu Court. The book also includes eight color postcards of paintings by the famous artist Carl Wuttke and rare cards showing etched drawings of the Old Summer Palace—now only a field of ruins.
The author, who was born and lived in China before 1949, has written an informative introduction to each chapter as well as a general introduction to classical Beijing. A foreword by historian and Beijing expert Susan Naquin situates this collection at once as a precious record of old Peking and a revealing snapshot of Western views of China in the first golden age of tourism.
Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City offers a visual time capsule of both Beijing's history and traditional Chinese culture in a unique and revealing postcard format.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Old Beijing: Postcards from the Imperial City”, de Felicitas Titus, publicado pela editora Tuttle Publishing, em 2018 e com 144 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Tuttle Publishing
Páginas: 144
Ano: 2018-06-05
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Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0804850658
ISBN13: 9780804850650
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Tuttle Publishing convidam o leitor a explorar culturas asiáticas por meio de guias práticos, livros de culinária e artes tradicionais, como origami e técnicas de tricô. A experiência de leitura é marcada por um equilíbrio entre o informativo e o acessível, com textos que apresentam instruções claras e detalhadas, acompanhadas frequentemente de ilustrações e fotografias coloridas. O catálogo revela um interesse por temas que vão desde a aprendizagem de idiomas asiáticos até a apreciação de práticas espirituais e artes marciais, sempre com um tom didático e envolvente.
