02709nam 2200493Ia 450 991045935230332120200520144314.01-282-93479-197866129347971-86189-846-0(CKB)2670000000061032(EBL)713720(OCoLC)709840706(MiAaPQ)EBC713720(Au-PeEL)EBL713720(CaPaEBR)ebr10438166(CaONFJC)MIL293479(EXLCZ)99267000000006103220100206d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||Sensuous surfaces[electronic resource] the decorative object in early modern China /Jonathan HayHonolulu University of Hawaiʻi Pressc20101 online resource (442 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86189-408-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-422) and index.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; AcknowledgementsPhoto AcknowledgementsIndex?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 sixtDecorative artsChinaHistoryMing-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912Art objects, ChineseElectronic books.Decorative artsHistoryArt objects, Chinese.745.0951Hay Jonathan1956-976216MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459352303321Sensuous surfaces2223764UNINA