Event Info In early 2017, the author came across a long-scroll (318 cm in length and 30 cm in height) entitled “Macao Landscape” at NUS Museum. This traditional Chinese painting, magnificent as it is, has never been mentioned in any previous works. Based on its theme, content, and artistic features, and compared with contemporary textual and cartographic sources, the author has come to conclude that this Chinese painting, though influenced by western art techniques, remains a traditional Chinese art work that highly likely was completed in the second of half of the eighteenth century. As the earliest and largest Chinese landscape and topographical painting devoted to Macao, the historical, cultural, and artistic significance of Macao Landscape deserves further research. Bin Yang, professor of history at University of Macao. His publications include Between Winds and Clouds: the Making of Yunnan （2004 Gutenberg- E Prize，Columbia University Press，2008） and Cowrie Shells and Cowrie Money: A Global History （Routledge， 2019, Chinese version in 2021). He has published research articles in some prestigious international journals such as Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Journal of Women’s History, Journal of World History, The China Quarterly, American Historian Review, Modern Asian Studies and so on. With a wide interest in Chinese history, word history, maritime history, and history of science, technology and medicine, currently he is revising a book manuscript on maritime China & the Indian Ocean World, forthcoming in 2024 by Columbia University Press. Registration for this event has closed. |