Description
This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Clunas analyzes "superfluous things"-the paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, carved jade, and other objects owned by the elites of Ming China-and describes contemporary attitudes to them. He informs his discussions with reference to both socio-cultural theory and current debates on eighteenth-century England concerning luxury, conspicuous consumption, and the growth of the consumer society.
About the Author
Craig Clunas is Percival David Chair of Chinese Art at SOAS, London, and the author of Superfluous Things, Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China, Pictures and Visuality in Early Modern China, and Art in China.
Book Information
ISBN 9780824859015
Author Craig Clunas
Format Hardback
Page Count 246
Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
Weight(grams) 825g
About the Author
Craig Clunas is Percival David Chair of Chinese Art at SOAS, London, and the author of Superfluous Things, Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China, Pictures and Visuality in Early Modern China, and Art in China.
Book Information
ISBN 9780824859015
Author Craig Clunas
Format Hardback
Page Count 246
Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
Weight(grams) 825g
