Eastern magnificence & European ingenuity : clocks of late imperial China / Catherine Pagani.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Edition: [First edition]Description: xvi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0472112082
  • 9780472112081
Other title:
  • Eastern magnificence and European ingenuity
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Contents:
Introduction: A Clockwork Universe -- 1. "Pour la Gloire de Dieu": Clock Making and the Jesuit Mission -- 2. "Old to a Self-Sounding Bell": The Chinese Interest in Elaborate Clockwork -- 3. "An Asiatick Temple" Western Clockwork and the China Trade -- 4. "To Rival Oriental Splendor" The Aesthetic Milieu -- App. A. The Imperial Workshops -- App. B. European Clockmakers at the Chinese Court, 1601-1822 -- App. C. European Makers of Clocks and Automata for the Chinese Market.
Review: "The late sixteenth century through the eighteenth century was a period 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 this Sino-European contact was the introduction of a new and important technology: the Western mechanical clock."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-275) and index.

Introduction: A Clockwork Universe -- 1. "Pour la Gloire de Dieu": Clock Making and the Jesuit Mission -- 2. "Old to a Self-Sounding Bell": The Chinese Interest in Elaborate Clockwork -- 3. "An Asiatick Temple" Western Clockwork and the China Trade -- 4. "To Rival Oriental Splendor" The Aesthetic Milieu -- App. A. The Imperial Workshops -- App. B. European Clockmakers at the Chinese Court, 1601-1822 -- App. C. European Makers of Clocks and Automata for the Chinese Market.

"The late sixteenth century through the eighteenth century was a period 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 this Sino-European contact was the introduction of a new and important technology: the Western mechanical clock."--Jacket.

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Major scholarly work , originally a doctoral dissertation, on clocks made in and for imperial china, 50 pages of footnotes, 20 p Bibliography, illustrations

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