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.
Author(s): Elisa Ambrosio, Francine Giese, Alina Martimyanova, Hans Bjarne Thomsen
Edition: 1
Publisher: De Gruyter
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 304
CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING AND ITS MATERIALITY
1 FROM VIRTUOSITY TO VERNACULARISM REVERSALS OF GLASS PAINTING
2 PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES THE POLITE AND POLISHED IN GEORGIAN BRITAIN
3 ILLUSIONISTIC PRACTICES AMONG LES ARTS DU FEU IN MID-EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CANTON
4 LIGHT, REFLECTION, AND REVERSE GLASS PAINTING AT THE NGUYÊN COURT
TRANSFER AND TRANSMEDIALITY
5 GLASS PAINTING IN THE COLLECTION OF ANDREAS EVERARDUS VAN BRAAM HOUCKGEEST (1739–1801)
6 THE GOVERNOR OF SURAT AND THE APOTHEOSIS OF WASHINGTON CANTONESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS FOR EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN MARKETS
7 REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF VERNACULAR MOTIFS AND OTHER COMMON FEATURES OF CHINESE NEW YEAR PRINTS AND CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
8 THE NIGHTMARE CASE STUDY OF A DELIBERATELY INACCURATE TRANSMISSION TO GLASS
CONTEXTUAL STUDIES OF REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
9 VARIETIES OF REPLICATION IN CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
10 REFLECTING ASIA THE RECEPTION OF CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING IN BRITAIN, 1738–1770
11 JAPANESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING THE OTHER EAST ASIAN TRADITION
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
REGIONAL RECEPTIONS OF REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
13 REFLECTIONS IN A CHINESE MIRROR WESTERNERS REINTERPRETED IN EARLY CANTONESE GLASS PAINTING
14 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS IN A DUTCH COLLECTION ART AND COMMODITY
15 CHINA AND ITS SOUTH CHINESE LADIES ON GLASS AND OTHER TOPICS IN NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAVA AND BALI
PIONEERING RESEARCH IN CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
16 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
17 SOME STYLES IN NINETEENTHAND TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINESE GLASS PAINTING A FIRST APPROACH
APPENDIX
LIST OF AUTHORS
INDEX OF PLACES AND PEOPLE
CREDITS
