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A critical reassessment of chinoiserie, a style both praised and derided for its triviality, prettiness, and ornamental excesses

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'Sloboda's articulation of chinoiserie as "critical ornament," a versatile visual and material language used to express and reveal various commercial attitudes in Britain, from trading to manufacturing to buying and consuming, needs to be commended. It is an important contribution to a wider understanding of the complex nature and multi-layered meaning of chinoiserie.'
Vanessa Alayrac-Fielding, Senior lecturer in British history, Université Lille 3, The Art bulletin, CAA March 2016

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Introduction: Reassessing chinoiserie
1. Making china: circulation, imitation and innovation
2. Buying china: commerce, taste and materialism
3. Commerce in the bedroom: sex, gender and social status
4. Commerce in the garden: nature, art and authority
Conclusion: Style and the global marketplace
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/31/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719089459, 978-0719089459
      ISBN10: 071908945X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A critical reassessment of chinoiserie, a style both praised and derided for its triviality, prettiness, and ornamental excesses

      Trade Review

      'Sloboda's articulation of chinoiserie as "critical ornament," a versatile visual and material language used to express and reveal various commercial attitudes in Britain, from trading to manufacturing to buying and consuming, needs to be commended. It is an important contribution to a wider understanding of the complex nature and multi-layered meaning of chinoiserie.'
      Vanessa Alayrac-Fielding, Senior lecturer in British history, Université Lille 3, The Art bulletin, CAA March 2016

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Reassessing chinoiserie
      1. Making china: circulation, imitation and innovation
      2. Buying china: commerce, taste and materialism
      3. Commerce in the bedroom: sex, gender and social status
      4. Commerce in the garden: nature, art and authority
      Conclusion: Style and the global marketplace
      Bibliography
      Index

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