Francois boucher and his Chinoiserie.
by
 
Chang, An-Ni.

Title
Francois boucher and his Chinoiserie.

Author
Chang, An-Ni.

ISBN
9781124388380

Personal Author
Chang, An-Ni.

Publication Information
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2010

Physical Description
1 online resource (66 p.)

General Note
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 72-07.
 
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
 
Advisor: Ziskin, Rochelle.

Abstract
In this master's thesis, I reexamine the Chinoiserie of the French Rococo artist Francois Boucher (1703-1770). First, I discuss the French concept of China during the first half of the eighteenth century. Second, I analyze how Boucher's Chinese collection and interests in the Far East informed his art and his Chinoiserie. Finally, I scrutinize Boucher's Chinoiserie designs, focusing on his tapestry sketches. My argument is that Boucher's Chinoiserie has been characterized by contemporary art historians as a masquerade of a fete galante, strewn with miscellaneous Chinese pieces. However, through my investigation, I find Boucher's Chinoiserie laden with many authentic details, rendering a relatively convincing effect, especially in comparison with contemporaneous Chinoiserie works, illustrations in travelogues on China, and imported Chinese porcelain pieces, which made his work distinctive in the period.

Local Note
School code: 0134.

Subject Term
Art history.

Electronic Access
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Added Corporate Author
University of Missouri - Kansas City. Art History.

Thesis Note
Thesis (A.M.)--University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2010.

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