JournalJournalhttp://ellensebring.com/journal/2012-02-01T14:47:28ZSquarespaceVisualizing the imperial paradise: Yuanmingyuanhttp://ellensebring.com/journal/2012/2/1/visualizing-the-imperial-paradise-yuanmingyuan.htmlEllen Sebring2012-02-01T14:43:38Z2012-02-01T14:43:38ZIn the new unit on the Qing emperors' rural retreat—plundered and destroyed by British and French forces at the close of the 2nd Opium War—an interactive map reveals just what a loss this paradise was.

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]]>New on Visualizing Cultures — John Thomson's Chinahttp://ellensebring.com/journal/2010/5/9/new-on-visualizing-cultures-john-thomsons-china.htmlEllen Sebring2010-05-09T16:39:49Z2010-05-09T16:39:49ZNew on MIT Visualizing Cultures: the China albums (1873-1874) of John Thomson, the first Western photographer to depict the interior of China.

• a visually detailed essay by Professor Allen Hockley, Dartmouth College

• visual narratives that reveal the themes in Thomson's albums

• a complete reproduction of Thomson's four Illustrations of China and Its People albums

View "John Thomson's China" on Visualizing Cultures, starting with the essay

]]>Otto Piene — Light Ballet & Fire Paintings 4/6-5/23http://ellensebring.com/journal/2010/5/9/otto-piene-light-ballet-fire-paintings-46-523.htmlEllen Sebring2010-05-09T16:38:49Z2010-05-09T16:38:49ZOtto Piene's Light Ballet & Fire Paintings, 1960-1967

April 6 - May 23, 2010, Sperone Westwater, NYC

Otto was director of MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies for many years (and my thesis advisor). A major book on his art work and influence on environmental art is nearing final preparation.

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