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Title: The Allure of Matter
Condition: New
Description: This book focuses on the under-explored significance of materials throughout Chinese art.

Since the inventions of porcelain and gunpowder, Chinese artists have experimented with unconventional artistic materials and used conventional materials in unorthodox ways. This groundbreaking volume is the first publication to expound the trans-historical importance of materiality in Chinese art by bringing together essays from leading scholars, curators, and conservators. Essayists Anne Feng, Yuhang Li, Wei-Cheng Lin, Catherine Stuer, and Yusen Yu examine how materials including lacquer, crystal, paper, and gold stimulated advances in premodern Chinese art. Alex Burchmore, Orianna Cacchione, Nancy P. Lin, Sara Moy, and Rachel Rivenc analyze several instances of material experimentation in contemporary Chinese art in essays that consider materials as varied as gunpowder, plastic, and water. This book builds upon scholarship originally presented at the Art and Materiality Symposium, held on the occasion of the Smart Museum of Art’s exhibition The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China.
Author: Orianna Cacchione
Contributor: Wei-Cheng Lin (Edited by), Orianna Cacchione (Edited by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 093557364X
EAN: 9780935573640
ISBN: 9780935573640
Genre: Arts & Photography
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 260mm
Subtitle: Materiality Across Chinese Art
Publisher: University of Chicago,David & Alfred Smart Museum,US
Release Date: 17/11/2021
Language: English
Item Length: 197mm
Item Width: 25mm
Release Year: 2021

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