The Pilgrim Art : Cultures of Porcelain in World History /

Illuminating one thousand years of history, The Pilgrim Art explores the remarkable cultural influence of Chinese porcelain around the globe. Cobalt ore was shipped from Persia to China in the fourteenth century, where it was used to decorate porcelain for Muslims in Southeast Asia, India, Persia, a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Finlay, Robert, 1940-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Art and society
HISTORY > World.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Art et societe.
Porcelaine > Aspect social > Histoire.
Porcelaine chinoise > Aspect social > Histoire.
Porcelaine > Industrie > Aspect social > Chine > Histoire.
Art and society.
Porcelain > Social aspects > History.
Porcelain, Chinese > Social aspects > History.
Porcelain industry > Social aspects > China > History.
China
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Note on Terminology; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Porcelain City; 2. The Secrets of Porcelain; 3. The Creation of Porcelain; 4. The Culture of Porcelain in China; 5. The Creation of Blue-and-White Porcelain; 6. The Primacy of Chinese Porcelain; 7. The Triumph of Chinese Porcelain; 8. The Decline and Fall of Chinese Porcelain; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index; Images.

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