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An ideal commingling of exquisite and often rare materials, perfection in craftsmanship and exceptional purity of line are what place Ming design, particularly in furniture, at the zenith of Chinese art. MING FURNITURE IN THE LIGHT OF CHINESE ARCHITECTURE is the first book to show the essential kinship between Ming furniture and the buildings they were designed to be placed and used within. Sarah Handler’s special perspective sheds a luminous glow on the concepts of interior and exterior form, function, placement, and purpose and reveals the inextricably intertwined relationship of Ming furniture to Chinese architecture. Decoration, construction, and function come together into a harmonious and indivisible whole, just as the Chinese artisans envisioned. With 50 black-and-white architectural drawings and 60 full-color photos illustrating spectacular examples of Ming furniture from private and museum collections around the world. The first book to place Ming furniture design within the context of Chinese architectural intent.
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SARAH HANDLER has been professor of Chinese Art History at UCLA and the University of Michigan, and curator of the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture. She currently resides in Oakland, California.
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Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good. Chinese art historian Sarah Handler writes with verve and authority, drawing on her extensive knowledge of the language, literature, social customs, and visual arts of China, She details the special relationship between the forms and functions of Ming furnishings and the buildings for which they were designed and used. Beginning with the plan of the classic courtyard house, following with the placement and use of the primary furnishings within it, Handler takes the reader into an ordered world that reflects Confucian ideals and social organization balanced with an aesthetic that was, and remains, unique in history. She continues with detailed deconstructions of the exquisite examples of furnishings common to the well-to-do Ming period household â" beds, chairs, tables, and cabinets â" reproduced here in full color and selected from both private and public collections. Endnotes, Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrations. 232p. Seller Inventory # 602345
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