Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (594 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0875772072 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Cooke Jr. Nancy Berliner is curator of Chinese art at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.Edward S. is the Charles F. . Montgomery Professor of American Decorative Arts at Yale University
In 2005, a group of studio furnituremakers from China, Canada, and the United States gathered at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, for a three-day intensive exploration of historical Chinese furniture. This book brings together new work by 22 preeminent North American and Chinese studio furnituremakers in a way that both celebrates each individual's work and looks at the experience of inspiration as a unifying process. Essays provide historical background from both Chinese and American furniture perspectives. Illustrations showcase both historical pieces of Chinese furniture and their contemporary offspring that resulted from the Inspired by China workshop. Inspired by China documents the exploration that took place during the workshop and demonstrates the provocative results launched in response. Ranging from respectful reinterpretations of c
Inspiration for modern furnituremakers PJ I bought this wonderful book for my son, who is a professional designer and builder of beautiful, streamlined furniture. He is influenced to some extent by Chinese art of many kinds, especially furniture. He was delighted with my gift as I was thrilled to give him something he had wanted to have in his library. One need not be an artist to be drawn in by the manifold expressions of beautiful art.
From the Inside Flap Focuses on a group of leading studio furniture artists whose response to the forms, materials, techniques, and meaning of China's rich furniture traditions reveals the creative power of an exchange in art and culture. This graceful book showcases furniture produced by 22 American, Canadian, and Chinese studio furniture makers for the Peabody Essex Museum.