China In 17th And 18th Century Italy
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China In 17th And 18th Century Italy
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Author : Adrienne Ward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
China In 17th And 18th Century Italy written by Adrienne Ward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.
Chinoiserie
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Author : Francesco Morena
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Chinoiserie written by Francesco Morena and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
The taste for chinoiserie, which originated and developed in the West during the 17th century, reinterpreted the themes, ornamentation and decorative techniques of the Far East and China. This volume is the first published on Italian Chinoiserie, a style developed slightly later in Italy than at other European courts, but which flourished rapidly and spectacularly during the 18th century when a passion for the Orient heavily influenced the rococo style. Throughout the peninsula many of the Italian courts - from the Bourbons in Sicily and Campania to the Savoys in Piedmont, from the Veneto to papal Rome and including Florence and the Medici, later Lorraine, Grand Duchy - indulged their enthusiasm for chinoiseries creating some intriguing works of art. No field was left untouched and the author of this volume has taken pains to cover them all: from architecture (the Chinese Palace at Palermo) to interior decorative painting (the rooms frescoed by Tiepolo in Vicenza and the 'Chinese' rooms of Naples and Palermo), from ceramics and porcelain (the Capodimonte Porcelain Room) to cabinet making (Venetian lacquered furniture in particular, but also the Lacquer Room in Turin), to fabrics and all other decorative arts. ILLUSTRATIONS 200 colour & 95 b/w *
China In 17th And 18th Century Italy
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Author : Adrienne Ward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
China In 17th And 18th Century Italy written by Adrienne Ward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with China categories.
Pagodas In Play
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Author : Adrienne Ward
language : en
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Release Date : 2010
Pagodas In Play written by Adrienne Ward and has been published by Bucknell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Music categories.
Pagodas in Play analyzes the treatment of China in the imaginative and spectacular world of eighteenth-century Italian opera. It shows how Italians used perceptions of Chinese culture to address local and transnational developments, particularly Enlightenment and secular reform initiatives. Its focus on the texts and performance practices of opera, an entertainment form accessible to a wide public, reveals cultural operations and identities harder to detect in non-fictional reformist writings, the texts traditionally privileged to explain Italian mediations of Enlightenment ideas. In its close reading of nine libretti of the most salient Settecento operas treating China (opere serie and opere buffe by authors including Metastasio, Zeno, Goldoni and Lorenzi), Pagodas in Play differentiates Italian iterations of Chinese culture from French and English counterparts. It further challenges certain tenets of orientalism, showing how it operates when nationalist and/or colonialist projects are absent, and how orientalist practices in eighteenth-century Italy exhibit early on the complexity some scholars locate only in the twentieth century. Adrienne Ward teaches Italian literature and culture at the University of Virginia.
Textiles
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Author : Lidchi International
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Textiles written by Lidchi International and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Textile crafts categories.
Encountering China
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Author : Rachana Sachdev
language : en
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-01
Encountering China written by Rachana Sachdev and has been published by Bucknell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with History categories.
Encountering China addresses the responses of early modern travelers to China who, awed by the wealth and sophistication of the society they encountered, attempted primarily to build bridges, to explore similarities, and to emulate the Chinese, though they were also critical of some local traditions and practices. Contributors engage critically with travelogues, treating them not just as occasional sources of historical information but as primary, literary texts deeply revelatory of the world they describe. Contributors reach back to the earliest European writings available on China in an effort to broaden and nuance our understanding of European contact with the Middle Kingdom in the early modern period. While the primary focus of these essays is the external gaze – European sources about China – contributors also tease out aspects of the Chinese world-view of the time, thus generating a conversation between Chinese literary and historical texts and European ones.
South Asia
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Author : Donald Frederick Lach
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1993
South Asia written by Donald Frederick Lach and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Asia categories.
China And The Founding Of The United States
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Author : Dave Xueliang Wang
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-10-25
China And The Founding Of The United States written by Dave Xueliang Wang and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-25 with History categories.
This book discusses examples of how the U.S. Founding Fathers were influenced and inspired by Chinese agriculture, architecture, and philosophy. China, then one of the most stable and powerful civilizations in the world, offered unique perspectives on various aspects of society which were distinct from the Founding Fathers’ European heritage. China provided an alternative set of social and political frameworks which supported the Founding Fathers’ efforts to craft a unique heritage for their young nation. These Founders sought to establish a political identity that was distinct from European aristocratic traditions.
The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas Of Warfare
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Author : Jeremy Black
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-03-28
The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas Of Warfare written by Jeremy Black and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-03-28 with History categories.
The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: Renaissance to Revolution provides a thorough introduction to the military and naval history of the years 1492 to 1792, covering the period from the European Renaissance to the revolutionary wars of the late eighteenth century. Detailed colour maps, battle plans, and colour and black-and-white illustrations combine with an authoritative text to illuminate developments in warfare on both land and sea. Particular attention is paid to the effects of European military expansion on the rest of the world including the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean. Special feature panels are devoted to key events, to the more complicated and intriguing military confrontations, to individual tacticians and to the key topics such as weapons, battle strategies, the rise of naval warfare, and the composition of armies. The book is written by a leading historian of the early modern period.
International Bibliography Of The History Of Legal Medicine
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Author : Jaroslav Nemec
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
International Bibliography Of The History Of Legal Medicine written by Jaroslav Nemec and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Government publications categories.
1615 annotated references, most of which are located in the National Library of Medicine. Covers monographic literature (also chapters and parts), journal articles, and dissertations. Entries cover 26 languages and date from 16th century to present. Most titles are given in the original language. Alphabetical arrangement by authors. Subject index.