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portada The Chinese Taste in Eighteenth-Century England
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2010
Language
English
Pages
242
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
24.9 x 18.0 x 1.3 cm
Weight
0.64 kg.
ISBN13
9780521192996
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The Chinese Taste in Eighteenth-Century England

David Porter (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Hardcover

The Chinese Taste in Eighteenth-Century England - Porter, David

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Synopsis "The Chinese Taste in Eighteenth-Century England "

Eighteenth-century consumers in Britain, living in an increasingly globalized 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 contact with foreign countries and cultures more generally. David Porter analyzes the processes by which Chinese aesthetic ideas were assimilated within English culture. Through case studies of individual figures, including William Hogarth and Horace Walpole, and broader reflections on cross-cultural interaction, Porter's readings develop new interpretations of eighteenth-century ideas of luxury, consumption, gender, taste and aesthetic nationalism. Illustrated with many examples of Chinese and Chinese-inspired objects and art, this is a major contribution to eighteenth-century cultural history and to the history of contact and exchange between China and the West.

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