The premise of fidelity science, visuality, and representing the real in nineteenth-century Japan

The premise of fidelity : science, visuality, and representing the real in nineteenth-century Japan / Maki Fukuoka.

Author/creator	Fukuoka, Maki, 1972-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Description	xi, 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Art and science--Japan --History --19th century. Botanical illustration--Japan --History --19th century. Plant prints--Japan --History --19th century. Photography--Japan --History --19th century. Realism in art--History --19th century.

Contents	The eye of the Shohyaku-sha : between seeing and knowing -- Ways of conceptualizing the real : scripts, names, and materia medica -- Modes of observation and the real : exhibition practices of the Shohyaku-sha -- Picturing the real : questions of fidelity and processes of pictorial representation -- Shashin in the capital : the last stage of metamorphosis.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012007601
ISBN	9780804777902 (cloth : alk. paper)

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