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Royal Academy of Arts, Zürich 2001. 4to. 175 pages. Illustrations in b/w and colour. Orig. boards in dust wrapper. Very Good/Very Good. Dented corners on the bottom.

Royal Academy of Arts, Zürich 2001. 4to. 175 pages. Illustrations in b/w and colour. Orig. boards in dust wrappers. Wrappers with some very light wear at the back and ith an evenly sunned spine. Near fine / Very good wrappers.

fester Einband. 308 S. einige teilw, farb. Abb. Reg. Kart. *neuwertig*. China, the country at the far end of Asia, occupied the European imagination throughout the 18th century, although only adventurous traders and intrepid missionaries had actually seen it for themselves. Tales about its long history, literary tradition, ethical values, social harmony and advanced economy stirred intellectual fascination, while a growing long-distance trade made porcelain, lacquer screens, paintings on silk and paper, and soapstone sculptures increasingly accessible. Rulers, nobility and clergy sought to associate themselves with the famed culture in the east by collecting artworks and adding Chinese-inspired rooms and buildings to their palaces and gardens. As patrons in England, Spain, France, the German and Italian states and the Habsburg empire shaped varying perceptions and connected diverse ideas with chinoiserie, this book investigates the phenomenon at courts across Europe. It is the result of a collaboration between the Institute of Art History of the University of Vienna and the Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz. Sprache: Deutsch.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. English Edition. Exhibition Catalogue. Black cloth front cover title stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt. Full page color photographs of Buddhist sculpture. Also, black & white photographs, maps; charts, and other reproductions. From the collection of Frank S. Bayley. Folding Gallery Guide laid in. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 175 pages.…