ISBN:
9780226058535
,
0226058530
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XII, 286 S.
,
zahlr. Ill., Kt.
,
25 cm
DDC:
581.946
Schlagwort(e):
Botany Colonies
;
History
;
Scientific expeditions Colonies
;
History
;
Botanical illustration Colonies
;
History
;
Natural history Colonies
;
History
;
Botany
;
Spain
;
Colonies
;
History
;
Scientific expeditions
;
Spain
;
Colonies
;
History
;
Botanical illustration
;
Spain
;
Colonies
;
History
;
Natural history
;
Spain
;
Colonies
;
History
;
Spanien
;
Botanik
;
Pflanzenbuch
;
Illustration
;
Geschichte 1500-1800
;
Spanien
;
Botanik
;
Pflanzenbuch
;
Illustration
;
Geschichte 1777-1816
Kurzfassung:
Introduction: natural history and visual culture in the Spanish empire -- A botanical reconquista -- Natural history and visual epistemology -- Painting as exploration -- Economic botany and the limits of the visual -- Visions of imperial nature: global white space, local color -- Conclusion: the empire as an image machine
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction: natural history and visual culture in the Spanish empire -- A botanical reconquista -- Natural history and visual epistemology -- Painting as exploration -- Economic botany and the limits of the visual -- Visions of imperial nature: global white space, local color -- Conclusion: the empire as an image machine.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-271) and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=40412
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