Format:
XII, 286 S.
,
zahlr. Ill., Kt.
,
25 cm
ISBN:
9780226058535
,
0226058530
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-271) and index
,
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.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Biology
Keywords:
Spanien
;
Botanik
;
Pflanzenbuch
;
Illustration
;
Geschichte 1500-1800
;
Spanien
;
Botanik
;
Pflanzenbuch
;
Illustration
;
Geschichte 1777-1816
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=40412
Author information:
Bleichmar, Daniela 1973-
