“The Middle kingdom : a survey of the geography, government, education, social life, arts, religion, etc. of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants” (Publication, 1848)

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1848

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Williams, S. Wells. The Middle kingdom : a survey of the geography, government, education, social life, arts, religion, etc. of the Chinese empire and its inhabitants. With a new map of the empire and illustrations, principally engraved by J.W. Orr. Vol. 1-2. (New York, N.Y. ; London : Wiley and Putnam, 1848). [Rev. ed. (New York, N.Y. : C. Scribner's Sons, 1899)].
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Williams, S. Wells

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Geschichte › China › Allgemein
Sinologie und Asienkunde › Amerika

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1848	Williams, S. Wells. The Middle kingdom. Vol. 2 [ID D2096]. "Even the best painters have no proper idea of perspective, or of blending light and shade, but the objects are exhibited as much as… Williams, S. Wells. The Middle kingdom. Vol. 2 [ID D2096]. "Even the best painters have no proper idea of perspective, or of blending light and shade, but the objects are exhibited as much as possible on a flat surface, as if the painter drew his picture from a balloon, and looked at the country with a vertical sun shining above him. As might be inferred from their deficiencies in linear drawing and landscapes, they eminently fail in delineating the human figure in its right proportions, position, and expressions, and of grouping the persons introduced into a piece in natural attitudes…"	Person: Williams, S. Wells

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