Art, Science, and Diplomacy: A Study of the Visual Images of the Macartney Embassy to China, 1793
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| Summary: | XXIV, 249 p. 156 illus., 148 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1160-8 |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Table of Contents:
- 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. .