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



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This book examines how the Embassy members approached, selected, and represented information, and how, in doing so, they helped to shape European perceptions of China. The Macartney Embassy of 1793 was the first British diplomatic mission to China, seeking to open ties between the two empires. As part of the mission, the British government commissioned writers and artists to chronicle the geography and culture of a civilization that had, until then, been shrouded in mystery.
A central focus of the book is the artwork itself, which provides a window into the diplomatic, artistic and scientific viewpoints underlying the mission. Drawing on archival research, the study recreates the processes through which the Embassy’s draughtsmen, scientists, and diplomats collaborated to represent the visual images, and how the materials were reworked for publication in London. The finished product demonstrates that the artists offered a distinct viewpoint in the representation of China, sometimes differing from the textual accounts, by blending scientific elements and artistic aesthetics in order to demystify China and make it more knowable to a British audience. It was in the interposition of text and image that the British public formulated an ambivalent perception of China that embraced both admiration and disdain. 
In addition to the scholars, the book targets general readers who are interested in global art and history, and East–West interactions. 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.
Pages
249 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2023-04-30
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9789819911592
EAN PDF
9789819911608
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2
Nombre pages imprimables
24
Taille du fichier
12227 Ko
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Prix
116,04 €
EAN EPUB
9789819911608
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
24
Taille du fichier
113674 Ko
Ce livre est accessible aux handicaps Voir les informations sur l'accessibilité
Prix
116,04 €
Dr. Shanshan Chen received her Ph.D. in Art History at the University of Hong Kong in 2019. She also studied Art History and Asian History at the University of Iowa and Princeton University in the USA. She received a Crossing Borders Fellowship from the Ford Foundation, and a Frank Jewett Mather, Jr. Memorial Fellowship at Princeton University.

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