The exercise of the spatial imagination in pre-modern China shaping the expanse

This volume is distinctive for its extraordinarily interdisciplinary investigations into a little discussed topic, the spatial imagination. It probes the exercise of the spatial imagination in pre-modern China across five general areas: pictorial representation, literary description, cartographic ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Pagenstecher Olberding, Garret, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter [2022]
Colección:Welten ostasiens = worlds of East Asia = mondes de l'extrême orient ; Volume 31
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Sumario:This volume is distinctive for its extraordinarily interdisciplinary investigations into a little discussed topic, the spatial imagination. It probes the exercise of the spatial imagination in pre-modern China across five general areas: pictorial representation, literary description, cartographic mappings, and the intertwining of heavenly and earthly space.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations