Title
The influence of Japanese expertise on the British reception of Chinese painting
Document Type
Book chapter
Source Publication
Beyond boundaries : East & West cross-cultural encounters
Publication Date
1-1-2011
First Page
88
Last Page
111
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars
Abstract
The encounters between Britain, Japan and China brought about by trade, travel and colonialism from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century significantly aroused the British interest in the collection and historical study of Oriental art. Following the vogue for a Chinese style in the architecture, garden, as well as fine and decorative arts of eighteenth-century Europe, Chinese export painting, ceramics, bronze, jade, lacquer, textile, and all kinds of Chinoiserie objects were imported in large quantities into Britain and sold through the East India Company, auction house, private collectors and art dealers in the nineteenth century. However, Chinese painting, which is the central and most typical Chinese art, remained unexplored in the West.
Additional Information
ISBN of the source publication: 9781443832946
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Huang, Y. L., Michelle. (2011). The influence of Japanese expertise on the British reception of Chinese painting. In Y. L. M. Huang (Ed.), Beyond boundaries: East & West cross-cultural encounters (pp. 88-111). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars.
