Title

In the country palace of the Bukhara Emir, Bukhara, c1911. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky.

Caption

In the country palace of the Bukhara Emir, Bukhara, c1911. The construction of Shirbudun Palace began around 1870. It combines architectural features from Europe and Iran. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944) was a pioneer in colour photography which he used to document early 20th-century Russia and her empire, including the vanishing way of life of tribal peoples along the Silk Route in Central Asia. In a railway-carriage darkroom provided by Czar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorsky used the three-colour photography process to record traditional costumes and occupations, churches and mosques - many now Unesco World Heritage sites - as well as modernisation in agriculture, industry and transport.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A05_488

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,4Mb (4,3Mb) / 16,5in x 14,4in / 4960 x 4328 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel building interior library religious architecture archway arch religion chandelier pattern color colourful design decoration decorative ornate lighting chairs palace column pillar pillars Islam Islamic chair century inside interior design furniture concept decorated tourist attraction Library of Congress interior decoration Architectural Feature Colour Patterned Uzbekistan Bukhara Indoors throne 1900s 1910s 20th century tourism TGN photograph Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Mikhaylovich Congressional Library Heritage Art Glass negatives still image Color separation negatives Meeting of Frontiers Prokudin-Gorsky Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky Sergey Shirbudun Palace