Fired clay in four porcelain clusters : a comparative study of energy use, production/environmental ecology, and kiln development in Arita, Hong Kong, Jingdezhen, and Yingge / / Tai Wei Lim

• Autore: Lim Tai-Wei
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7916
• Soggetto topico: Energy conservation - Asia; Ceramic industries - Technological innovations - Asia; Kilns - Asia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Japanese Trade Ceramics in the Premodern Global Trading Space; 2 Interpretations of Japanese Modernity; 3 Energy Transition in Creative Production; 4 Blue and White Fired Clay in Everyday Lives; 5 Ideas about Resource Use and the Natural Environment in Pottery-making; 6 Post-Modernism and Pottery-Making; 7 Negotiating the Narrative of the "Last Frontier"; 8 Shek Kip Mei's Artistic Green Village; 9 Fieldwork in Arita; 10 A History of Jingdezhen Kilns, Its Development, and Energy Use (with Comparative References to Arita) ; 11 Yingge - The Town, Its Developmental History, and Energy Use12 Conclusion; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span>This book examines how energy use has evolved with technological advancements and changing social norms and ideas in environmental conservation and productive output in the ceramics-making industry. The four cities or towns of Arita, Hong Kong, Jingdezhen, and Yingge are the settings for this research.</span></span>
• Titolo autorizzato: Fired clay in four porcelain clusters
• ISBN: 0-7618-6429-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822202303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II