"Eastern magnificence & European ingenuity" : clocks of late imperial China
Title:
"Eastern magnificence & European ingenuity" : clocks of late imperial China
Eastern magnificence and European ingenuity.
Author:
Pagani, Catherine.
ISBN:
9780472112081
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Publication Information:
Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, c2001.
Physical Description:
xvi, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- A Clockwork Universe -- 1. "Pour la Gloire de Dieu" Clock Making and the Jesuit Mission -- 2. "Ode to a Self-Sounding Bell" The Chinese Interest in Elaborate Clockwork -- 3. "An Asiatick Temple" Western Clockwork and the China Trade -- 4. "To Rival Oriental Splendor" The Aesthetic Milieu -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- A. The Imperial Workshops -- B. European Clockmakers at the Chinese Court, 1601-1822 -- C. European Makers of Clocks and Automata -- for the Chinese Market -- Notes -- List of Transliterations -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10703445 TS545 P25 ysh