Journalhttp://ellensebring.com/journal/Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:47:28 +0000en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Visualizing the imperial paradise: YuanmingyuanEllen SebringWed, 01 Feb 2012 14:43:38 +0000http://ellensebring.com/journal/2012/2/1/visualizing-the-imperial-paradise-yuanmingyuan.html547281:6594906:14825455In 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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]]>http://ellensebring.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-14825455.xmlNew on Visualizing Cultures — John Thomson's ChinaEllen SebringSun, 09 May 2010 16:39:49 +0000http://ellensebring.com/journal/2010/5/9/new-on-visualizing-cultures-john-thomsons-china.html547281:6594906:7621182New 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

]]>http://ellensebring.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-7621182.xmlOtto Piene — Light Ballet & Fire Paintings 4/6-5/23Ellen SebringSun, 09 May 2010 16:38:49 +0000http://ellensebring.com/journal/2010/5/9/otto-piene-light-ballet-fire-paintings-46-523.html547281:6594906:7621145Otto 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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