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

Bibliografski detalji
Glavni autor: Chen, Shanshan (Autor)
Autor kompanije: SpringerLink (Online service)
Sažetak:XXIV, 249 p. 156 illus., 148 illus. in color.
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Jezik:engleski
Izdano: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Izdanje:1st ed. 2023.
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Online pristup:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1160-8
Format: Elektronički Knjiga
Sadržaj:
  • 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. .