1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459352303321

Autore

Hay Jonathan <1956->

Titolo

Sensuous surfaces [[electronic resource] ] : the decorative object in early modern China / / Jonathan Hay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Honolulu, : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-93479-1

9786612934797

1-86189-846-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Disciplina

745.0951

Soggetti

Decorative arts - China - History - Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912

Art objects, Chinese

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-422) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sensuous Surfaces Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; Part 1: The Decorative Object; 1. Decoration as Luxury; 2. The Object Thinks With Us; 3. Surface, Affect, Metaphor; Part II: The Surfacescape's Resources; 4. Monochrome Smoothness; 5. Material Patterning; 6. Formal Pattern; 7. Depiction; 8. Inscription; 9. Fictive Surface; 10. Diversified Surface; Part III: From Surfacescapes to Objectscapes; 11. Layering; 12. Object Landscapes; 13. The Atmospherics of Surface; 14. The Erotic Economy of Decoration; References; Select Bibliography; Character List for Chinese; Acknowledgements

Photo AcknowledgementsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

?Sensuous Surfaces is a systematic introduction to the decorative arts in Ming and Qing dynasty China. Jonathan Hay's analysis takes in both material and technique, and also issues of patronage and taste, which together formed a loose system of informal rules that affected every level of decoration in early modern China, from an individual object to the arrangement of an entire residential interior. By engaging the actual and metaphoric potential of surface, this system guided the production and use of the decorative arts during a period of explosive growth, which started in the late sixt



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455817903321

Autore

Albrecht Michael von

Titolo

Cicero's style [[electronic resource] ] : a synopsis / / by Michael von Albrecht

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46722-3

9786610467228

1-4175-0601-6

90-474-0197-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; ; 245

Disciplina

875/.01

Soggetti

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin - History and criticism

Latin language - Style

Rhetoric, Ancient

Oratory, Ancient

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Michael von Albrecht -- INTRODUCTION / Michael von Albrecht -- DIFFERENCES OF GENRE / Michael von Albrecht -- NUANCES OF STYLE WITHIN INDIVIDUAL WORKS / Michael von Albrecht -- CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF STYLE / Michael von Albrecht -- CONSISTENCY IN CICERO'S STYLE / Michael von Albrecht -- STYLE AND CONTEXT IN THE ORATIONS / Michael von Albrecht -- THE DE ORATORE: CICERO AND THE CULTURE OF SPEECH / Michael von Albrecht -- POSTSCRIPT / Michael von Albrecht -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / Michael von Albrecht -- INDEX / Michael von Albrecht -- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE.

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive study of Cicero's style discusses differences of literary genres (Ch.1), nuances of style within individual works (Ch.2), and chronological development (Ch.3), followed by an account of fixed elements typical of Cicero's diction (Ch.4). Finally, selected interpretative studies demonstrate the relationship of style and context in the orations, with special regard to literary form and political or



moral content (Ch.5). The book concludes with an Epilogue on the De oratore and the culture of speech. Contrary to inveterate prejudices, Cicero does not confine himself to a single (so-called ‘Ciceronian’) style, but consciously and ably employs the full register of styles. The author points out in what respects a study of his style might be rewarding even today.