Revealing the Holy Land
Subtitle: the photographic exploration of Palestine
By: essay by Kathleen Stewart Howe.
Contributors: Santa Barbara Museum of Art.; University of New Mexico. Art Museum.; St. Louis Art Museum.
Publisher: Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Distributed by the University of California Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, CA; Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Photography -- Palestine -- History -- 19th century.
Description: Throughout the last half of the nineteenth century, the Holy Land drew legions of photographers: amateurs recording a stop on the Grand Tour, academics pursuing archeological theories, military surveyors - all trying to capture the truthfulness of a land that had enormous spiritual, emotional, and political connotations for most of the Western world. What they saw, and how they saw it, are the themes of Kathleen Stewart Howe's essay and this rare and remarkable collection of photographs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140) and index.
Exhibition itinerary: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Jan. 29-May 31, 1998; University of New Mexico Art Museum, Oct. 13-Dec. 13, 1999; St. Louis Art Museum, Feb. 23-May 23, 1999.