The Resource British Modernism and Chinoiserie, edited by Anne Witchard
British Modernism and Chinoiserie, edited by Anne Witchard
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- Summary
- This volume examines the ways in which an intellectual vogue for a mythic China was a constituent element of British modernism. Traditionally defined as a decorative style that conjured a fanciful and idealized notion of China, chinoiserie was revived in in London's avant-garde circles, the Bloomsbury group, the Vorticists and others, who like their eighteenth-century forebears, turned to China as a cultural and aesthetic utopia. As part of Modernism's challenge to the 'universality' of so-called Western values and aesthetics, the turn to China would contribute much more than has been acknowledged to Modernist thinking. As these 10 new chapters demonstrate, China as an intellectual and aesthetic utopia dazzled intellectuals and aesthetes, at the same time the consumption of Chinese exoticism became commercialized. The essays show that from cutting-edge Modernist chic to mass culture and consumer products, the vogue for chinoiserie style and motifs permeated the art and design of the period. --Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780748690954
- Label
- British Modernism and Chinoiserie
- Title
- British Modernism and Chinoiserie
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Anne Witchard
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This volume examines the ways in which an intellectual vogue for a mythic China was a constituent element of British modernism. Traditionally defined as a decorative style that conjured a fanciful and idealized notion of China, chinoiserie was revived in in London's avant-garde circles, the Bloomsbury group, the Vorticists and others, who like their eighteenth-century forebears, turned to China as a cultural and aesthetic utopia. As part of Modernism's challenge to the 'universality' of so-called Western values and aesthetics, the turn to China would contribute much more than has been acknowledged to Modernist thinking. As these 10 new chapters demonstrate, China as an intellectual and aesthetic utopia dazzled intellectuals and aesthetes, at the same time the consumption of Chinese exoticism became commercialized. The essays show that from cutting-edge Modernist chic to mass culture and consumer products, the vogue for chinoiserie style and motifs permeated the art and design of the period. --Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- Dewey number
- 700.9
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NX650.E85
- LC item number
- B75 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Witchard, Anne Veronica
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English literature
- English literature
- Chinoiserie (Art)
- Art, British
- Modernism (Aesthetics)
- English literature
- English literature
- Chinoiserie (Art)
- Art, British
- Modernism (Aesthetics)
- Label
- British Modernism and Chinoiserie, edited by Anne Witchard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 892458773
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780748690954
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 60001999432
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)892458773
- Label
- British Modernism and Chinoiserie, edited by Anne Witchard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 892458773
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780748690954
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 60001999432
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)892458773
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