LEADER 02781nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9910785460503321 005 20230718205146.0 010 $a1-282-93479-1 010 $a9786612934797 010 $a1-86189-846-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000061032 035 $a(EBL)713720 035 $a(OCoLC)709840706 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC713720 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL713720 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10438166 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293479 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000061032 100 $a20100206h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSensuous surfaces $ethe decorative object in early modern China /$fJonathan Hay 210 1$aHonolulu :$cUniversity of Hawai?i Press,$d2010. 210 4$aŠ2010 215 $a1 online resource (440 pages) $ccolor illustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-86189-408-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 417-422) and index. 327 $aSensuous 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 Acknowledgements; Index 330 $a?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 606 $aDecorative arts$zChina$xHistory$yMing-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 606 $aArt objects, Chinese 615 0$aDecorative arts$xHistory 615 0$aArt objects, Chinese. 676 $a745.0951 700 $aHay$b Jonathan$f1956-$01471633 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785460503321 996 $aSensuous surfaces$93684021 997 $aUNINA