Visible empire [electronic resource] : botanical expeditions and visual culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment / Daniela Bleichmar.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bleichmar, Daniela, 1973-
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Botany > Spain > Colonies > History.
Scientific expeditions > Spain > Colonies > History.
Botanical illustration > Spain > Colonies > History.
Natural history > Spain > Colonies > History.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2012 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2012 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2012 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.