Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands
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"Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands" is a scholarly illustrated volume by Michael Aris that presents and interprets explorer Joseph Rock’s early 20th-century photographic record of the Tibetan border regions.
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| Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands Context triple: [Michael Aris, notableWork, Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands Target entity description: "Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands" is a scholarly illustrated volume by Michael Aris that presents and interprets explorer Joseph Rock’s early 20th-century photographic record of the Tibetan border regions.
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A.
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon is a genre-blending world music album by the Silk Road Ensemble that explores cross-cultural musical traditions inspired by the historic Silk Road.
-
B.
A Line in the Himalayas
A Line in the Himalayas is a land art piece by Richard Long created by walking and marking a straight line across a Himalayan landscape, exemplifying his practice of using simple gestures in remote natural settings.
-
C.
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 biographical war drama film starring Brad Pitt that chronicles Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer’s transformative years in Tibet and friendship with the young Dalai Lama.
-
D.
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition
Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition was an early 20th-century archaeological and geographical journey across Central Asian deserts that yielded major discoveries of ancient manuscripts, art, and ruins along the Silk Road.
-
E.
Travels in Tartary
Travels in Tartary is a classic 1930s travel narrative by British writer Peter Fleming, recounting his adventurous overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly illustrated volume ⓘ |
| about |
Tibetan frontier societies
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Tibetan lamas ⓘ brigands in Tibetan borderlands ⓘ exploration of Tibetan border regions ⓘ local princes ⓘ visual documentation of Tibet ⓘ |
| author | Michael Aris ⓘ |
| basedOn | photographic record by Joseph Rock ⓘ |
| contains |
historical interpretation
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photographic reproductions ⓘ scholarly commentary ⓘ |
| documents |
Tibetan political elites
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Tibetan religious life ⓘ banditry in border regions ⓘ material culture of Tibetan borderlands ⓘ |
| featuresWorkOf |
explorer Joseph Rock
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linked to:
Joseph F. Rock
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| field |
Central Asian studies
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Tibetan studies ⓘ photographic history ⓘ |
| genre |
historical study
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photography book ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | black-and-white photographs ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
historians of photography
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readers interested in Central Asian history ⓘ scholars of Tibet ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainFocus |
Tibetan border regions
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early 20th-century photographs ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| perspectiveProvidedBy | Michael Aris ⓘ |
| setting | Tibetan cultural regions ⓘ |
| subject |
Joseph Rock
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Tibetan borderlands ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | early 20th century ⓘ |
| typeOfAnalysis |
cultural analysis of Tibetan borderlands
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historical interpretation of photographs ⓘ |
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Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock's Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands
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