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Eastern Magnificence and European Ingenuity: Clocks of Late Imperial China

Eastern Magnificence and European Ingenuity: Clocks of Late Imperial China

Pagani, Catherine Mary

Hardcover

Asian ArtGeneral Antiques & CollectiblesGeneral European History

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ISBN10: 0472112082
ISBN13: 9780472112081
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: Oct 15 2001
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.42
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.54 Depth: 9.60
Language: English
The period from the late sixteenth to the late eighteenth centuries was one of complex change for the Chinese. Europe was eagerly looking to the East with an interest in developing a China market, not just in commercial and diplomatic enterprises but in evangelical ventures as well. The resulting contacts produced significant cultural exchanges and appropriations, as well as misconceptions and stereotypes. Profoundly affected by these interactions were the areas of technology and the decorative arts. Europe became enamored of Chinese style, and a fashion known as chinoiserie permeated the decorative arts. In China, one result of Sino-European contact was the introduction of a new and important technology: the Western mechanical clock.

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