Screen LibrarySensuous surfaces：the decorative object in early modern China
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University of Hawaißi Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Honolulu |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 440 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780824833619 (alk. paper) 0824833619 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | J120 |
| CLC: | J120.94 |
| Call Number: | J120.94/H412 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-422) and index. Part I: The decorative object. Decoration as luxury ; The object thinks with us ; Surface, affect, metaphor -- Part II: The surfacescape's resources. Monochrome smoothness ; Material patterning ; Formal pattern ; Depiction ; Inscription ; Fictive surface ; Diversified surface -- Part III: From surfacescapes to objectscapes. Layering ; Object landscapes ; The atmospherics of surface ; The erotic economy of decoration. |