{"product_id":"british-modernism-and-chinoiserie-anne-witchard-9781399567312","title":"British Modernism and Chinoiserie","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritish Modernism and Chinoiserie\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Anne Witchard\u003cbr\u003eExplores Chinese artistic and stylistic influences on Modernist practice in early-twentieth century Britain\u003cbr\u003eThis volume examines the ways in which an intellectual vogue for a mythic China was a constituent element of British Modernism. Traditionally defined as a decorative style that conjured a fanciful and idealised notion of China, chinoiserie was revived among London's avant-garde circles, the Bloomsbury group, the Vorticists and others, who like their eighteenth-century forebears, turned to China as a cultural and aesthetic utopia.\u003cbr\u003eAs part of Modernism's challenge to the 'universality' of so-called Western values and aesthetics, the turn to China would contribute much more than has been acknowledged to Modernist thinking. As these 10 new chapters demonstrate, China as an intellectual and aesthetic utopia dazzled intellectuals and aesthetes. At the same time the consumption of Chinese exoticism became commercialised. The essays show that from cutting-edge Modernist chic to mass culture and consumer products, the vogue for chinoiserie style and motifs permeated the art and design of the period.\u003cbr\u003eKey Features\u003cbr\u003e* 10 original chapters from leading international figures in the field, including Elizabeth Chang, David Porter and Patricia Laurence\u003cbr\u003e* Includes 28 figures (10 in colour) to illustrate the text\u003cbr\u003e* Coverage of literature, painting and poetry, as well as performance and visual media, theatre, fashion and dance, interior and garden design and international exhibitions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Witchard\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in the department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Westminster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Witchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399567314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399567312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d","brand":"Anne Witchard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001093267711,"sku":"9781399567312","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/british-modernism-and-chinoiserie-anne-witchard-9781399567312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}