Glorious Qing : decorative arts in China, 1644-1911
Claudia Brown
Bok · Engelsk · 2024
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| Omfang | xii, 316 sider : illustrasjoner, kart
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| Opplysninger | "A William Sangki and Nanhee Min Hahn book"-- Omslaget. - A note on enamel terminology -- Chronology of Chinese dynasties and reign periods -- Ascendancy : the Shunzhi reign, 1644-1661 -- Flowering : the Kangxi reign, 1662-1722 -- Refinement : the Yongzheng reign, 1723-1735 -- Grandeur : the Qianlong reign, 1736-1795 -- Restraint : Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng, 1796-1861 -- Restoration and the close of the Qing : Tongzhi, Guangxu, and Xuantong, 1862-1911.. - With over 250 color illustrations, this companion volume to Claudia Brown's Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644-1911) (ISBN 9780295747231) covers an array of superbly crafted objects of art produced during China's last dynasty. It features ceramics, metalwork, textiles, lacquer, glass, jade, and works of bamboo selected from collections in North America, Europe, China, and Taiwan. Art historian Brown probes the materials, motivations, technologies, and skills of Qing period artists, along with trends in art patronage and collecting. She considers objects of private patronage, including snuff bottles and instruments for the scholar's desk, alongside imperial commissions, palace furnishings, and pieces made for export in the flourishing East-West trade market. Moving chronologically from one emperor's reign to the next, Glorious Qing offers a comprehensive survey of Qing decorative arts that will delight experts and novices alike, from collectors to students of art history
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| Geografisk emneord | Chine - Histoire . - Kina
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| ISBN | 9780295751917
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