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Colours on East Asian Maps: Their Use and Materiality in China, Japan and Korea between the Mid-17th and Early 20th Century by Diana Lange at Abbey's Bookshop,
Colours on East Asian Maps: Their Use and Materiality in China, Japan and Korea between the Mid-17th and...
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Diana Lange Oliver Hahn

Colours on East Asian Maps

Their Use and Materiality in China, Japan and Korea between the Mid-17th and Early 20th Century...

Diana Lange,  Oliver Hahn

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English
Brill
09 February 2023
Historical maps & atlases
Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Map History
With a multi-perspective approach and transdisciplinary methods (humanities and sciences), this book offers an in-depth and systematic study of hand-drawn and hand-coloured maps from East Asia. Map colouring provides an insight into past societies, landscapes and territories. Colour is an important key to a more precise understanding of the map’s content, purposes and uses; moreover, colours are also an important aspect of a map’s materiality. The material scientific analysis of colourants makes it possible to find out more about maps’ material nature and their production as well as the social, geographical and political context in which they were made. ‘Reading’ colours in this way gives a glimpse into the social lives of mapmakers as well as map users and reveals the complexity of the historical and social context in which maps were produced and how the maps were actually made.
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Imprint:   Brill
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 6mm
Weight:   174g
ISBN:   9789004509993
ISBN 10:   9004509992
Series:   Brill Research Perspectives in Map History
Pages:   96
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Contents Abstract Keywords  1 Introduction  2 Colour Makes the Map  3 Colour Meets Map  4 Putting Colour on Maps  5 Colour and Science  6 Shedding Light on Colours on Maps  7 Conclusion  Acknowledgements  Appendix: Non-invasive Techniques  Bibliography

Diana Lange, Ph.D. (2008), is Visiting Professor of Central Asian Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Specialized in Central and East Asia, her research interests include the history of knowledge and exploration, material and visual cultures, cartography and cultural interactions. Oliver Hahn, Ph.D. (1996), Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Universität Hamburg, is Professor of Archaeometry in Hamburg. His areas of research include the analysis of manuscripts, drawings, paintings, colorants and inks as well as the preservation of the cultural heritage.

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