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CHINA, IN A SERIES OF VIEWS, DISPLAYING THE SCENERY, ARCHITECTURE, AND SOCIAL HABITS, OF THAT ANCIENT EMPIRE

Explore the great and outstanding print works of Thomas Allom to discover historical impressions of ancient East

“Views in China” is a great work, unique for its subject matter that had no parallels or similarities at that time. It depicted history, yet it did not narrate historical stories, allowing one to ‘feel more than understand.’ To the ordinary Westerner at that time, it was akin to unexpectedly gaining awareness and inspiration about those ‘invisible yet persisting’ insights from a distant world.

This work allows someone like me, an ordinary person, to deeply experience the changes and transformations in the social world, to understand the commonalities of different eras. These visuals are full of tension and nostalgia, shining brightly year after year, despite the passage of time and changes. This work has greatly inspired me. Although history demands a price, what it leaves behind is indeed a valuable treasure worth sharing.

After three years of production, ARTPORT has launched viewschina.com, showcasing incredibly detailed digital and creative content to the world.

This is the clearest and most comprehensive version to date, offering content in both English and Chinese, available for free viewing. Additionally, electronic books, copyrighted images, and commercial applications have been developed.

THE histories of all other nations disclose successive revolutions in government, in morals, and in civilization,—the prostration of thrones, and the dissipation of tribes ;

while that of the vast Empire of China, extending over ten millions of square miles, and sustaining three hundred and sixty millions of inhabitants, has enjoyed an uninterrupted perpetuity of political existence for upwards of four thousand years.

This nation has been stationary, while all others have received an impulse, either advancing towards civilization, or sinking in the on-rolling tide of time.

G.N. Wright (1790?-1877)

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