The Chinese taste in eighteenth-century England / David Porter.
The Chinese taste in eighteenth-century England / David Porter.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N303.48242/3
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English
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x, 230 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Introduction : monstrous beauty -- China and the aesthetics of exoticism -- Eighteenth-century fashion and the aesthetics of the Chinese taste -- Cross-cultural aesthetics in William Chambers' Chinese garden -- What do women want? -- Gendered utopias in transcultural context -- William Hogarth and t...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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England
Date Published
2010.
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"Eighteenth-century consumers in Britain, living in an increasingly globalised world, were infatuated with exotic Chinese and Chinese-styled goods, art, and decorative objects. However, they were also often troubled by the alien aesthetic sensibility these goods embodied. This ambivalence figures centrally in the period's experience of China and of...
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The Chinese taste in eighteenth-century England / David Porter.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N303.48242/3
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74VvMvKZEDpZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvMvKZEDpZ
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0521192994 (hardback)
9780521192996 (hardback)
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303.4824205109033
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991007113779702626
