Art, Science, and Diplomacy: A Study of the Visual Images of the Macartney Embassy to China, 1793

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Av Shanshan Chen

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It contains important images with detailed visual and historical analysis that enable readers to acquire knowledge on how the British represented China and how that image helped to shape the European perception of China during the British global expansion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and beyond.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-05-02
Mått155 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt473 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor249
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789819911622

Tillhör följande kategorier

Introduction to the Macartney Embassy to China.- The Historical, Artistic, and Scientific Contexts of the Embassy.- Gift Exchange.- The Diplomacy and Politics of the Imagery of the Reception.- Empirical Science and the Topographic Aesthetic.- Picturesque Landscapes.- The Sublime and the Chinese Ruins.- Images of Natural History.- Picturing Chinese People.- Representation of Chinese Science.- Publications of the Macartney Embassy.- Two Print Books and the Royal Pavilion at Brighton.- The Enduring Legacy of the Macartney Embassy.