China and the West: Reconsidering Chinese Reverse Glass Painting

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2023

China and the West

Reconsidering Chinese Reverse Glass Painting

Edited by: Elisa Ambrosio , Francine Giese , Alina Martimyanova and Hans Bjarne Thomsen

Volume 1 in the series Arts du verre / Glass Art / Glaskunst

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110711776

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With contributions from outstanding specialists in glass art and East Asian art history, this edited volume opens a cross-cultural dialogue on the hitherto little-studied medium of Chinese reverse glass painting. The first major survey of this form of East Asian art, the volume traces its long history, its local and global diffusion, and its artistic and technical characteristics. Manufactured for export to Europe and for local consumption within China, the fragile artworks studied in this volume constitute a paramount part of Chinese visual culture and attest to the intensive cultural and artistic exchange between China and the West.

With contributions by Thierry Audric, Kee Il Choi Jr., Patrick Conner, Karina H. Corrigan, Elisabeth Eibner, Patricia F. Ferguson, Lihong Liu, William H. Ma, Alina Martimyanova, Christopher L. Maxwell, Rupprecht Mayer, Jessica Lee Patterson, Michaela Pejčochová, Jérôme Samuel, Hans Bjarne Thomsen, Jan van Campen, Rosalien van der Poel

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Elisa Ambrosio, Francine Giese, Vitrocentre Romont; Alina Martimyanova, Hans Bjarne Thomsen, University of Zurich.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	5
PREFACE Danielle Elisseeff Open Access Download PDF	9
INTRODUCTION Francine Giese, Hans Bjarne Thomsen, Elisa Ambrosio and Alina Martimyanova Open Access Download PDF	11
CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING AND ITS MATERIALITY
1 FROM VIRTUOSITY TO VERNACULARISM REVERSALS OF GLASS PAINTING Lihong Liu Open Access Download PDF	15
2 PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES THE POLITE AND POLISHED IN GEORGIAN BRITAIN Christopher L. Maxwell Open Access Download PDF	33
3 ILLUSIONISTIC PRACTICES AMONG LES ARTS DU FEU IN MID-EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CANTON Kee Jr. Il Choi Open Access Download PDF	47
4 LIGHT, REFLECTION, AND REVERSE GLASS PAINTING AT THE NGUYÊN COURT William H. Ma Open Access Download PDF	65
TRANSFER AND TRANSMEDIALITY
5 GLASS PAINTING IN THE COLLECTION OF ANDREAS EVERARDUS VAN BRAAM HOUCKGEEST (1739–1801) Jan van Campen Open Access Download PDF	81
6 THE GOVERNOR OF SURAT AND THE APOTHEOSIS OF WASHINGTON CANTONESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS FOR EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN MARKETS Karina H. Corrigan Open Access Download PDF	97
7 REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF VERNACULAR MOTIFS AND OTHER COMMON FEATURES OF CHINESE NEW YEAR PRINTS AND CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING Alina Martimyanova Open Access Download PDF	113
8 THE NIGHTMARE CASE STUDY OF A DELIBERATELY INACCURATE TRANSMISSION TO GLASS Elisabeth Eibner Open Access Download PDF	127
CONTEXTUAL STUDIES OF REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
9 VARIETIES OF REPLICATION IN CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING Jessica Lee Patterson Open Access Download PDF	141
10 REFLECTING ASIA THE RECEPTION OF CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING IN BRITAIN, 1738–1770 Patricia F. Ferguson Open Access Download PDF	157
11 JAPANESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING THE OTHER EAST ASIAN TRADITION Hans Bjarne Thomsen Open Access Download PDF	175
12 “IN ALL OF BEIJING, THERE ARE NO MORE THAN FOUR PAINTINGS ON GLASS THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN OUR CONSIDERATION” CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS FROM CZECH COLLECTIONS AND THEIR CONTEXTS Michaela Pejčochová Open Access Download PDF	195
REGIONAL RECEPTIONS OF REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
13 REFLECTIONS IN A CHINESE MIRROR WESTERNERS REINTERPRETED IN EARLY CANTONESE GLASS PAINTING Patrick Conner Open Access Download PDF	211
14 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS IN A DUTCH COLLECTION ART AND COMMODITY Rosalien van der Poel Open Access Download PDF	227
15 CHINA AND ITS SOUTH CHINESE LADIES ON GLASS AND OTHER TOPICS IN NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAVA AND BALI Jérôme Samuel Open Access Download PDF	239
PIONEERING RESEARCH IN CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
16 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING Thierry Audric Open Access Download PDF	255
17 SOME STYLES IN NINETEENTHAND TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINESE GLASS PAINTING A FIRST APPROACH Rupprecht Mayer Open Access Download PDF	269
APPENDIX
LIST OF AUTHORS Open Access Download PDF	277
INDEX OF PLACES AND PEOPLE Open Access Download PDF	284
CREDITS Open Access Download PDF	290

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: scholars in Art History, History, Sinology, China Studies, East Asian Studies
Pages
- Main content: 292
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 152
Keywords: reverse glass painting; China; Chinese art; East Asian art; cultural exchange

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Published: November 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783110711776

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Published: December 5, 2022
ISBN: 9783110711752