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Book Synopsis Collecting China by : Vimalin Rujivacharakul
Download or read book Collecting China written by Vimalin Rujivacharakul and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collecting China is a unique collection of essays that brings together theories of materiality and what collecting has meant to various peoples over time. Collecting China grew out of a simple question: how does a thing become Chinese? Fifteen essays explore this question from different angles, ranging from close examination of world-renowned private collections to critical reinterpretations of historical writings.
Book Synopsis Collecting China by : Jan van Campen
Download or read book Collecting China written by Jan van Campen and published by Uitgeverij Verloren. This book was released on 2022-03-14 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a relatively short period, from around 1765 to 1780, the Dutch lawyer Jean Theodore Royer (1737-1807) was intensely engaged in the study of Chinese culture. Befriended VOC officials and their Chinese relations in Canton collected Chinese objects for him and helped him with his greatest ambition: the composition of a Chinese dictionary. The objects were given a home in his museum on the Herengracht in The Hague. Better than travel journals, they gave a picture of life in China in Royer’s time. Because the selection was largely made by modest Chinese traders, the collection does not so much give a picture of the material culture of the Chinese elite, but rather that of the ambitious, upwardly-mobile world of small traders and craftsmen. These are mostly ephemeral objects that have rarely been preserved, but they came to The Hague, thanks to Royer and his Chinese contacts. A bequest from his widow then ensured that the collection ended up in two Dutch museums: Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, where the objects are still present today.
Book Synopsis The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ... rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith by :
Download or read book The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney ... rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Search for Modern China by : Jonathan D. Spence
Download or read book The Search for Modern China written by Jonathan D. Spence and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. The Search for Modern China offers a matchless introduction to China's history.
Book Synopsis The ABC of Collecting Old English China by : J. F. Blacker
Download or read book The ABC of Collecting Old English China written by J. F. Blacker and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Collecting and Displaying China's “Summer Palace” in the West by : Louise Tythacott
Download or read book Collecting and Displaying China's “Summer Palace” in the West written by Louise Tythacott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, British and French troops looted and destroyed one of the most important palace complexes in imperial China—the Yuanmingyuan. Known in the West as the "Summer Palace," this site consisted of thousands of buildings housing a vast art collection. It is estimated that over a million objects may have been taken from the palaces in the Yuanmingyuan—and many of these are now scattered around the world, in private collections and public museums. With contributions from leading specialists, this is the first book to focus on the collecting and display of "Summer Palace" material over the past 150 years in museums in Britain and France. It examines the way museums placed their own cultural, political and aesthetic concerns upon Yuanmingyuan material, and how displays—especially those at the Royal Engineers Museum in Kent, the National Museum of Scotland and the Musée Chinois at the Château of Fontainebleau—tell us more about European representations and images of China, than they do about the Yuanmingyuan itself.
Book Synopsis China Collecting in America by : Alice Morse Earle
Download or read book China Collecting in America written by Alice Morse Earle and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive and delightful survey of "China-Hunting" in Mew England. Chapter include: China Hunting; Trencher Treen and Pewter Bright; Early Use and Importation of China in America; Early Fictile Art in America; Earliest Pottery Wares, English Porcelain in America; Liverpool and Other Printed Ware; Oriental China; The Cosey Teapot; Punch-Bowls and Punches; George and Martha Washington's China; Presidential China; Designs Relating to Washington; Designs Relating to Franklin; Designs Relating to Lafayette; Patriotic and Political Designs; Staffordshire Wares; China Memories; China Collections.
Book Synopsis Collectors, Collections & Collecting the Arts of China by : Jason Steuber
Download or read book Collectors, Collections & Collecting the Arts of China written by Jason Steuber and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on a symposium co-organized by Guolong Lai and Jason Steuber."
Book Synopsis The Old China Book by : N. Hudson Moore
Download or read book The Old China Book written by N. Hudson Moore and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Notes of an Art Collector by : Maurice Jonas
Download or read book Notes of an Art Collector written by Maurice Jonas and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Tatler by : George Atherton Aitken
Download or read book The Tatler written by George Atherton Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Trouble with Taiwan by : Kerry Brown
Download or read book The Trouble with Taiwan written by Kerry Brown and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Fresh and authoritative, written with brio and precision.’ Thomas Plate, author of Yo-Yo Diplomacy ‘An important and timely guide to one of the most dangerous potential flashpoints for future conflict between the West and China.’James Griffiths, author of The Great Firewall of China ‘Brown and Wu Tzu-hui help situate a Taiwan whose “place” in the world is otherwise plagued by uncertainty.’ Benjamin Zawacki, author of Thailand
Book Synopsis China and Beyond by Victor H. Mair by : Victor H. Mair
Download or read book China and Beyond by Victor H. Mair written by Victor H. Mair and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a valuable collection of essays by renowned Asian studies scholar Victor H. Mair. Compiled by Rebecca Shuang Fu, Matthew Anderson, Xiang Wan, and Sophie Ling-Chia Wei, it provides a window into Mair's vast array of scholarly works, which are influential and well known for their broad scope. This collection connects Mair's works from phases of his career to show its trajectory and development. Chapters 1 to 3 reflect his comprehensive and interdisciplinary training in Chinese literature and Indology. From chapter 4 onwards, Mair's much-lauded insightful discussions on the interactions between China and other cultures are presented. The last 3 chapters demonstrate how Mair's research successfully branched out from philology, making significant contributions to various fields, including art, archaeology, and philosophy. This book is essential for scholars in Asian studies.
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Book Synopsis The Costume of China by : William Alexander
Download or read book The Costume of China written by William Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ayant accepté en 1792 d'accompagner le duc Macartney lors de son ambassade en Chine, Alexander crée de nombreux croquis lors du voyage de retour de Pékin à Canton par voie fluviale. Aucun artiste britannique n'avait encore ramené des images de cette voie de communication à l'intérieur de l'empire chinois. Ces croquis ont ensuite servi pour des aquarelles peintes par Alexander et pour de nombreuses planches gravées par Alexander lui-même ou par d'autres artistes. Pendant plus d'un demi-siècle, ces planches ont exercé une grande influence sur des artistes à la recherche de sujets chinois (d'après Grove dictionary of art).
Book Synopsis The Search for Modern China by : Jonathan D. Spence
Download or read book The Search for Modern China written by Jonathan D. Spence and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This rich gathering of primary-source documents puts students in direct contact with the major characters and events in modern Chinese history. Revised to reflect updates to The Search for Modern China, third edition, this outstanding collection displays a strong blend of social history (pieces dealing with everyday life, family, social networks, and culture) and political history (critical proclamations, treaties, laws, and other public acts). Many documents are translated into English for the first time and are available only in this book."--
Book Synopsis The ABC of Collecting Old English China by : J. F. Blacker
Download or read book The ABC of Collecting Old English China written by J. F. Blacker and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
