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Sensuous surfaces : the decorative object in early modern China /
?Sensuous Surfaces is a systematic introduction to the decorative arts in Ming and Qing dynasty China. Jonathan Hay's analysis takes in both material and technique, and also issues of patronage and taste, which together formed a loose system of informal rules that affected every level of decora...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Honolulu, HI ; London :
University of Hawaiʻi Press : Reaktion Books,
©2010.
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| Series: | BMJ Books.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | ?Sensuous Surfaces is a systematic introduction to the decorative arts in Ming and Qing dynasty China. Jonathan Hay's analysis takes in both material and technique, and also issues of patronage and taste, which together formed a loose system of informal rules that affected every level of decoration in early modern China, from an individual object to the arrangement of an entire residential interior. By engaging the actual and metaphoric potential of surface, this system guided the production and use of the decorative arts during a period of explosive growth, which started in the late sixt. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (440 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-422) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781861898463 1861898460 9780824833619 0824833619 9781861894083 1861894082 |