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Chinoiserie: Commerce and Critical Ornament in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Stacey Sloboda
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Description for Chinoiserie: Commerce and Critical Ornament in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Hardback. A critical reassessment of chinoiserie, a style both praised and derided for its triviality, prettiness, and ornamental excesses Series: Studies in Design. Num Pages: 272 pages, 104 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACQ; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 764.
In a critical reassessment of chinoiserie, a style both praised and derided for its triviality, prettiness and ornamental excesses, Stacey Sloboda argues that chinoiserie was no mute participant in eighteenth-century global consumer culture, but was instead a critical commentator on that culture. Analysing ceramics, wallpaper, furniture, garden architecture and other significant examples of British and Chinese design, this book takes an object-focused approach to studying the cultural phenomenon of the ‘Chinese taste’ in eighteenth-century Britain. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the critical history of design and the decorative arts in the period, and students and scholars of ... Read more
In a critical reassessment of chinoiserie, a style both praised and derided for its triviality, prettiness and ornamental excesses, Stacey Sloboda argues that chinoiserie was no mute participant in eighteenth-century global consumer culture, but was instead a critical commentator on that culture. Analysing ceramics, wallpaper, furniture, garden architecture and other significant examples of British and Chinese design, this book takes an object-focused approach to studying the cultural phenomenon of the ‘Chinese taste’ in eighteenth-century Britain. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the critical history of design and the decorative arts in the period, and students and scholars of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Studies in Design and Material Culture
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719089459
SKU
V9780719089459
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About Stacey Sloboda
Stacey Sloboda is Associate Professor of Art History at Southern Illinois University -- .
Reviews for Chinoiserie: Commerce and Critical Ornament in Eighteenth-Century Britain
'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 ... Read more