Traveling through Biblical lands : the dream and the reality [sound recording] / [lecture by] Kathleen Sterwart Howe ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Traveling through Biblical lands : the dream and the reality [sound recording] / [lecture by] Kathleen Sterwart Howe ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Fueled by the new medium of photography and the birth of mass tourism, the mid- to late-nineteenth century witnessed a surge of interest in and travel to the lands of the Bible. Historian of photography Kathleen Stewart Howe considers what people traveled to find, what they photographed and what they passed by, and how they constructed an enduring site of pious imagination.

1 sound disc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 69 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

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