{"id":222662,"date":"2025-04-25T20:32:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.i2ud.org\/library\/wp\/?page_id=222662"},"modified":"2026-03-24T19:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:09:56","slug":"msda-photograph-collection-china-m41","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/library.i2ud.org\/library\/wp\/?page_id=222662","title":{"rendered":"MSDA Photograph Collection: China (M41)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MSDA \/ \/ Photographs \/ M41<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

China<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1981<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 galleries of digitized film slides covering historic districts and housing typologies in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overview<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The following 6 galleries<\/strong> represent Mona Serageldin’s 35mm film slide collection on housing typologies and Islamic architecture, as arranged in slide case M41, “China,”<\/strong> consisting of color photographs of Beijing and western China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collection covers residential contexts, primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China, as well as Xi’an and Beijing, from a Serageldin’s visit there in November 1981. The photographs document Islamic architecture and village life in Central Asia, as well as historic districts and landmarks throughout China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallery 1<\/strong> covers a variety of locations in China, while Gallery 2<\/strong> shows Beijing, and Galleries 3-6<\/strong> cover locations in western and northwestern China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related materials<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Related image collections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n