Sensuous Surfaces: The Decorative Object in Early Modern China

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Sensuous Surfaces is a richly illustrated and in-depth introduction to the decorative arts in Ming- and Qing-dynasty China. Jonathan Hay explores materials and techniques, as well as 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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0824833619

ISBN13:9780824833619

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:University of Hawaii Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:3.57 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 7.8" x 10.1"

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