{"product_id":"chinoiserie-commerce-and-critical-ornament-in-eighteenthcentury-britain-studies-in-design-studies-in-design-and-material-culture-9780719089459","title":"Chinoiserie Commerce and Critical Ornament in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA critical reassessment of chinoiserie, a style both praised and derided for its triviality, prettiness, and ornamental excesses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003cbr\u003eVanessa Alayrac-Fielding, Senior lecturer in British history, \u003ci\u003eUniversité\u003c\/i\u003e Lille 3, The Art bulletin, CAA March 2016\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Reassessing chinoiserie\u003cbr\u003e1. Making china: circulation, imitation and innovation\u003cbr\u003e2. Buying china: commerce, taste and materialism\u003cbr\u003e3. Commerce in the bedroom: sex, gender and social status\u003cbr\u003e4. Commerce in the garden: nature, art and authority\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Style and the global marketplace\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037343777111,"sku":"9780719089459","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719089459.jpg?v=1750935373","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chinoiserie-commerce-and-critical-ornament-in-eighteenthcentury-britain-studies-in-design-studies-in-design-and-material-culture-9780719089459","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}