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9780295751917 Academic Inspection Copy

Glorious Qing

Decorative Arts in China, 1644-1911
  • ISBN-13: 9780295751917
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS
  • By Claudia Brown
  • Price: AUD $173.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 29/07/2024
  • Format: Hardback (254.00mm X 178.00mm) 277 pages Weight: 1089g
  • Categories: Oriental art [ACBP]China [1FPC]
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With over 250 color illustrations, this companion volume to Claudia Brown's Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644-1911 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.
Claudia Brown is professor of art history at Arizona State University and research curator for Asian art at the Phoenix Art Museum. She is author of Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644-1911.
A guided tour through centuries of exquisitely crafted objects
"For those seeking a comprehensive overview of Qing decorative arts, this book draws together recent scholarship in the field, highlighting the key characteristics which have come to define art and design across a wide range of media." (Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter) "Given the wide coverage and complex context of decorative arts, scholars have long struggled with not having a good textbook for introducing this emerging subfield; however, Brown's monograph will positively become a top choice, just as her previous work, Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644-1911, became for painting." (H-Net Reviews) "Provides a succinct yet comprehensive overview of this important subject . . . Highly recommended." (CHOICE Reviews)
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