Mayer, R: Bolihua. Meisterwerke - Hardcover

Rupprecht Mayer

 
9783777428338: Mayer, R: Bolihua. Meisterwerke

Synopsis

The sinologist Rupprecht Mayer presents 143 Chinese backglass pictures from a private collection in South Germany. Traditional lucky motifs, scenes from dramas and novels, landscapes as well as the departure of China into modernity and the changing image of the Chinese woman form central motifs. In the 18th century, a production of backglass paintings began in canton, of which only those who found their way to the West. After the end of export around the mid-19th century, this decorative art continued to be popular in China, yet of the many fragile images in Chinese households, few survived the warfare and distress of the 19th and 20th centuries, leaving backglass painting in China into oblivion. There are no collections in museums and very few private collectors. The first monograph in the West now presents the beauty of this traditional art in all facets.

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