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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2022
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Series: | Welten Ostasiens / Worlds of East Asia / Mondes de l'Extrême Orient
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Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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. |
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Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (222 p.) |
ISBN: | 9783110749656 9783110749922 9783110749823 |