Mosque, Inside Asaf-ud-Daula's Imambara
1858
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1858
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Mosque, Inside Asaf-ud-Daula's Imambara is a 1858 by Felice A. Beato, a Impressionism work, depicting Allahabad, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a photo of a mosque inside a building called Asaf-ud-Daula's Imambara. The photo shows a big room with a high ceiling and arches. It's interesting because it was taken a long time ago, in 1858, and it shows what the place looked like back then. To learn more about this type of photography, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
Felice A. Beato and Felice Antonio Beato are collective signatures used by the brothers Felice Beato and Antonio Beato, who were both pioneering photographers in the 19th century. They were noted for their depictions of…
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