Glass Exchange between Europe and China, 1550-1800 - Diplomatic, Mercantile and Technological Interactions (Hardcover, New Ed)

In this study, Emily Byrne Curtis explores as her subject lenses, spectacles, aventurine glass, and windows found in China from the sixteenth century. She traces their technological development back to the glassworks in Murano, Venice, and explores their significance in terms of Venice's commerce with China. Because glassware also figured among the gifts which three papal legates from the Vatican presented to the Kangxi and Yongzheng emperors, the author examines many documents from the archives in Rome and the Vatican; the study therefore touches, to an extent, on the history of the Catholic Church in China. Curtis also discusses in the volume some contemporary Chinese references and verses to European glassware, and in the case of enamel materials, she discloses the pronounced effect their use had upon the decor of Chinese porcelains.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Transculturalisms, 1400-1700
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	2009
Authors:	Emily Byrne Curtis
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	174
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-6316-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Ceramic arts, pottery, glass > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > General Books > Professional & Technical > Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies > Industrial chemistry > Ceramics & glass technology Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-6316-7
Barcode:	9780754663164

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