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Performing Images: Opera in Chinese Visual Culture
Full title: | Performing Images: Opera in Chinese Visual Culture |
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ISBN: | 9780935573558 |
ISBN 10: | 0935573550 |
Authors: | Li, Yuhang Zeitlin, Judith T. |
Publisher: | Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C |
Edition: | Illustrated |
Num. pages: | 224 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2014 |
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Synopsis
Writing In The Early Nineteenth Century, The French Traveler And Cleric Abbé Huc Exclaimed: ?there Is, Perhaps, Not A People In The World Who Carry So Far Their Taste And Passion For Theatrical Entertainments As The Chinese.” This Taste And Passion For The Theater Was Not Restricted To The Stage, But Permeated The Visual And Material World Of Everyday Life From The Village To The Court. The Visual Spectacle Of This Theater Is Well Known, Displayed Primarily Through Colorful Costumes, Props, And Face Painting. What Is Less Known Is The Extent To Which Operatic Characters And Stories Were Favored As Pictorial And Decorative Motifs Across The Full Spectrum Of Visual Mediums, From Courtly Scroll Paintings, Popular New Year Prints, Illustrated Woodblock Books And Painted Fans To Carved Utensils, Ceramics, Textiles, And Dioramas.