Francois boucher and his Chinoiserie.
by
Chang, An-Ni.
Title
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Francois boucher and his Chinoiserie.
Author
:
Chang, An-Ni.
ISBN
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9781124388380
Personal Author
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Chang, An-Ni.
Publication Information
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Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2010
Physical Description
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1 online resource (66 p.)
General Note
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 72-07.
Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisor: Ziskin, Rochelle.
Abstract
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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
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School code: 0134.
Subject Term
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Art history.
Electronic Access
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Added Corporate Author
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University of Missouri - Kansas City. Art History.
Thesis Note
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Thesis (A.M.)--University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2010.
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