Visible empire : botanical expeditions et visual culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment / Daniela Bleichmar.
Pubblicazione:
Chicago : University of Chicago press, c2012.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 286 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Introduction: Natural history and visual culture in the Spanish empire. 1. A botanical reconquista 2. Natural history and visual epistemology 3. Painting as exploration 4. Economic botany and the limits of the visual 5. Visions of imperial nature: global white space, local color. Conclusion: The empire as an image machine. Acknowledgments. Notes. Bibliography. Index
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