310 Pages
27 Color & 63 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
310 Pages
27 Color & 63 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
310 Pages
27 Color & 63 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Emphasizing the medium’s reception among several Chinese constituencies, this book explores photography’s impact within new discourses on science, as well as its effects in social life, visual modernity and the media during China’s transition from imperial to republican government.
General knowledge and academic teaching of early modern Chinese visual culture stops short of fitting... Read more
Introduction. PART 1: Science 1. Methods of Invention 2. Terms of Description PART 2: COMMERCE 3. Sites of Production 4. Interiors of the Imagination PART 3: COMMUNICATION 5. Categories of Content 6. Circuits of Communication
Biography
Oliver Moore is professor of Chinese language and culture at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. His research focuses on early and modern art history in China.






