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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816718403321

Autore

Carbone Iside

Titolo

China in the frame : materialising ideas of China in Italian museums / / by Iside Carbone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

ISBN

1-4438-7306-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Soggetti

Art, European - Chinese influences

Chinoiserie (Art) - Europe

Art - Chinese influences

Painting, Chinese

Aesthetics, Chinese

Chinoiserie (Art)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

Mechanisms of representation of the cultural Other and their connections with processes of self-expression constitute the core of China in the Frame. This original ethnographic study of Chinese-themed displays of artworks in a selection of permanent and temporary exhibitions in Italy highlights specific forms of the materialisation of ideas of cultural identities. The Other represented by these displays is China, the identity of which is nowadays perceived by a wider western public, if not un.