Superfluous Things - Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Craig Clunas analyses '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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Craig Clunas
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2004
• EAN: 9780824828202
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-2820-2
• No. of pages: 219
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries