In the Footsteps of Abraham: The Holy Land in Hand-Painted Photographs
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These vivid images evoke the Holy Land of centuries ago, as Moses or Jesus might have seen it. The photos were taken before the advent of color photography by the Matson Photo Agency, part of Jerusalem's American Colony, a community of Christian expatriates. In the 1920s, Ari Speelman, a devout Dutch Christian, commissioned the hand-coloring of 1200 photos on glass plates, a massive undertaking that sometimes involved painting with a single human...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1590201078
ISBN13:9781590201077
Release Date:October 2008
Publisher:Harry N. Abrams
Length:364 Pages
Weight:4.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 11.5" x 11.2"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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