Borrowed landscapes : China and Japan in the historic houses and gardens of Britain and Ireland / Emile de Bruijn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruijn, Emile de, author.

Series:

National Trust series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Trust (Great Britain).

Historic buildings--Great Britain--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Country homes--Great Britain--Pictorial works.

Country homes.

Landscape design--Great Britain--History--Pictorial works.

Landscape design.

Decoration and ornament--Great Britain--Chinese influences--Pictorial works.

Decoration and ornament.

Decoration and ornament--Great Britain--Japanese influences--Pictorial works.

Decoration and ornament--Chinese influences.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History

Pictorial works

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Philip Wilson Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

"A beautifully illustrated exploration of the impact of Chinese and Japanese material culture on the historic houses and gardens of Britain and Ireland. The art and ornament of China and Japan have had a deep impact in the British Isles. From the seventeenth century onwards, the design and decoration of interiors and gardens in Britain and Ireland was profoundly influenced by the importation of Chinese and Japanese luxury goods, while domestic designers and artisans created their own fanciful interpretations of 'oriental' art. Those hybrid styles and tastes have traditionally been known as chinoiserie and japonisme, but they can also be seen as elements of the wider and still very relevant phenomenon of orientalism, or the way the West sees the East. Illustrated with a wealth of new photography and published in association with the National Trust, Borrowed Landscapes is an engaging survey of orientalism in the Trust's historic houses and gardens across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Drawing on new research, Emile de Bruijn demonstrates how elements of Chinese and Japanese culture were simultaneously desired and misunderstood, dismembered and treasured, idealised and caricatured"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

A pattern emerges 1600-1690

Emblems of aspiration 1690-1735

Peak chinoiserie 1735-1760

Fictions have their own logic 1760-1780

Competing perspectives 1780-1870

Thr age of Japonisme 1870-1900

New and old orientalisms The 20th century.

Notes:

"Cover: Detail of a Chinese single-panel screen at Greenway."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Asian-themed binding.

Athenaeum copy: McCormick fund bookplate.

ISBN:

1781300984

9781781300985

OCLC:

1355040062