Finding fine art style paintings of Chinese/Asian subjects is hard, the
subject was just not very common in that era. One key word for searching
is "orientalist" and "orientalism" though that's a very big catch-all.
On 6/11/25 6:25 PM, Marshall Bockrath wrote:
> I believe that I'm done proofreading, and it appears the next step is
> choosing a cover image.
>
> I don't know much about art, so this has been a bit of a slog. The book
> is set in China; though the "Chinese" parts are few, certain elements of
> the landscape appear repeatedly. I looked for European artists painting
> landscapes of China in the European style and found George Chinnery
> (1774-1852). There's a painting of his which seems absolutely /
> perfect/, but the museum housing it (Peabody Essex) doesn't appear to
> provide CC0 images of its artwork (cry cry).
>
> So here's two options attached:
>
> (1) A landscape, vaguely resembling one described in the novel, but
> cropped from a watercolor painting; source https://
>
collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8416 <https://
> search/10473 <
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10473>
> > <
lla...@gmail.com <mailto:
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 3. Pushed, but it now seems like my modification is
> irrelevant and
> > >> should be removed. When Alex suggested at the beginning
> of this
> > >> thread that the body matter could be in one file I
> thought that
> > was to
> > >> allow reproducing the visual style where there were
> not necessarily
> > >> page breaks between the very short chapters. If the SE house
> > style is
> > >> in fact to always force page breaks then I
> misunderstood. What
> > is the
> > >> rationale for splitting into per-chapter files or not here?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM 'Weijia Cheng' via
> Standard Ebooks
> > >> <
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> > >> <mailto:
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> > <
http://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.2/7-high-level-
> structural- <
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> > >> patterns#7.1.3.1> should be applicable to styling this book.
> > >>
> > >> On Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 7:57:05 PM UTC-4
>
lla...@gmail.com <mailto:
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> > >> <mailto:
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> > >>
> > >> I've done a read-though and have just a few changes I still
> > >> need to make before next steps. A few questions first:
> > >>
> > >> 1. There are a number of characters who are nuns with adopted
> > >> names like "Sister St. Joseph" and "Sister St. Francis". The
> > >> "St." for "Saint" abbreviation is a z3998:name-title for the
> > >> referenced saint, but not for the character actually named in
> > >> the text. Which inflection should be used here?
> > >> 2. There is a letter which is signed with initials, which
> with
> > >> the default CSS is not distinguished from regular capitals.
> > >> Should there be additional CSS to force the initials to small
> > >> caps?
> > >> 3. How much leeway is there to adjust standard CSS with local
> > >> rules? I did re-merge the files to have a single body file
> > >> with running chapters; then I felt the standard CSS with
> equal
> > >> spacing before and after headings was a bit much so I added a
> > >> local rule to halve the space following the chapter headings.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard
> > >> Ebooks <
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> <mailto:
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> > >>
> > >> 1. <abbr epub:type="z3998:initialism">P.</abbr> & <abbr
> > >> epub:type="z3998:initialism">O.</abbr> (ampersand would
> > >> have to be escaped in the actual code)
> > >> 2. You can standardize on P. &. O. in an editorial commit.
> > >> 3. The relevant rule for that example is 8.2.1 <https://
> > >>
standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.2/8-typography#8.2.1
> <
http://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.2/8-typography#8.2.1> <http://
> >
standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.2/8-typography#8.2.1 <http://
>
standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.2/8-typography#8.2.1>>>. You
> > >> can simply remove the italics. No need for any additional
> > >> semantics.
> > >> 4. See above.
> > >> 5. In this case I think rule 8.2.1, about italics and
> > >> quotes, still applies. I would take the italics off. But
> > >> you can wrap the paragraph in <blockquote>, since that is
> > >> what the quote is in context. That would also create some
> > >> visual distinction.
> > >> On Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 11:35:11 AM UTC-4 Alex Cabal
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I have to see it. Generally if it says (c) <some-pd-
> > >> year> then we can
> > >> use it regardless of what actual year it was published
> > >> in.
> > >>
> > >> On 5/29/25 6:52 AM, Marshall Bockrath wrote:
> > >> > On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM Alex Cabal
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