China through the looking glass

"For centuries, China's export arts--jade, silks, porcelains, and, more recently, cinema--have fueled Western fantasies of an exotic East and served as enduring sources of inspiration for fashion. This stunning publication explores the influence of Chinese aesthetics on designers, includin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Nova York, Nova York), organisme emisor, institució amfitriona (organisme emisor)
Otros Autores: Bolton, Andrew, 1966- autor (autor), Galliano, John, autor, entrevistat (fotògraf), Platon, 1968- fotògraf
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art [2015]
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991006612039706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Director's foreword
  • A note on film and fashion / by Wong Kar Wai
  • A dialogue between East and West / by Maxwell K. Hearn
  • Toward an aesthetic of surfaces / by Andrew Bolton
  • A chamber of whispers / by Adam Geczy
  • Fashioning China / by Harold Koda
  • Imagery of Chinese dress / by Mei Mei Rado
  • Cinema's virtual Chinas / by Homay King
  • Emperor to citizen. Imperial China
  • Nationalist China
  • Communist China
  • Empire of signs. Enigmatic bodies
  • Enigmatic spaces
  • Enigmatic objects
  • John Galliano in conversation with Andrew Bolton
  • List of illustrations
  • Selected bibliography and filmography