{"product_id":"siting-china-in-germany-eighteenth-century-chinoiserie-and-its-modern-legacy-hardcover","title":"Siting China in Germany: Eighteenth-Century Chinoiserie and Its Modern Legacy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristiane Hertel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinoiserie--the use of motifs, materials, and techniques considered \"Chinese\" in ceramics, furniture, interior design, and landscape architecture--has often been associated with courtly decadence and shallow escapism. In \u003ci\u003eSiting China in Germany\u003c\/i\u003e, Christiane Hertel challenges conventional assumptions about this art form by developing a fresh, complex perspective on collections, gardens, and literature in the long eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the extraordinary porcelain palaces at Dresden and Rastatt and the gardens of Wilhelmsthal and Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel to the literary and artistic translation practices in Dresden and Thomas Mann's historical novel \u003ci\u003eLotte in Weimar\u003c\/i\u003e, Hertel interprets the extensive history of chinoiserie within but also beyond court culture. In particular, her study focuses on how manifestations of chinoiserie in Germany oscillated between the imagination, judgment, and critique of cultural and historical difference as well as identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHertel's erudite analysis of the cultural significance of German chinoiserie will interest art historians and scholars of Orientalism, German Sinophilia, and German Sinophobia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eChristiane Hertel \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor Emerita of History of Art at Bryn Mawr College. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003ePygmalion in Bavaria: The Sculptor Ignaz Günther and Eighteenth-Century Aesthetic Art Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Penn State University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 10.3 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46446325104837,"sku":"9780271082370","price":108.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/PEVz9Jt3MM9780271082370.webp?v=1782192703","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/siting-china-in-germany-eighteenth-century-chinoiserie-and-its-modern-legacy-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}