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Record Nr.

UNINA9911015857303321

Autore

Zhang Chi

Titolo

Beyond the Teacup: 18th Century Sino-British Tea Trade and Design Cultural Exchange / / by Chi Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

981-9776-91-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 pages)

Collana

History Series

Disciplina

394.1509

Soggetti

World history

China - History

International relations - History

Economic history

Art - History

World History, Global and Transnational History

History of China

Diplomatic and International History

Economic History

Art History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter: 2 the Westward Transmission of Chinese Tea Culture Driven by Business Interest -- Chapter 3" Extravagance and Flaunt:the Consumption and Localization of English Tea -- Chapter 4: Moving Towards Mass Consumption -- Chapter 5: Challenge and Integration: China' s Response to Western Market -- Chapter 6: Imitation and Innovation:The Rise of Tea-Related Industries in Britain -- Chapter 7: Hybridization and Blending:Transition from Scene Construction to Spatial Aesthetics -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on tea-ware design exchanges between China and the UK since the middle of 17th Century, and explores how design encouraged trade and how the market demand influenced the development of design. The spirit of Chinese tea came to Britain alone with tea itself, and enriched the design of tea-ware, as well as British



tea culture. During this process, tea-related oriental aesthetics evolved into an aesthetic image mechanism and developed as aesthetic concept, which infiltrated from private space to social space. Zhang Chi, Associate Professor at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Design Theory and History from the School of Design, China Central Academy of Fine Arts. She also holds a master's degree in Curating Contemporary Design from Kingston University,London,UK. She was awarded a full scholarship from the Sino-British Fellowship Trust for the academic year 2011/2012. Her research primarily focuses on cultural exchange in design from a global perspective. Chi was participated in numerous national and provincial research projects, authored one monograph, translated one book, and published over 20 papers in Chinese and English in core Chinese journals, general journals, and international conferences.