dc.contributor.advisor | Ziskin, Rochelle | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Chang, An-Ni | eng |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Art and Art History | |
dc.coverage.spatial | France | eng |
dc.coverage.temporal | 18th century | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2010 Fall | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page, viewed on January 20, 2011. | eng |
dc.description | Thesis advisor: Rochelle Ziskin. | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | Includes bibliographic references (pages 56-58). | eng |
dc.description | Thesis (M.A.)--College of Arts & Sciences. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | In this master's thesis, I reexamine the Chinoiserie of the French Rococo artist François Boucher (1703-1770). First, I discuss the French concept of China during the first half of the eighteenth century. Second, I analyze how Boucher's Chinese collection and interests in the Far East informed his art and his Chinoiserie. Finally, I scrutinize Boucher's Chinoiserie designs, focusing on his tapestry sketches. My argument is that Boucher's Chinoiserie has been characterized by contemporary art historians as a masquerade of a fête galante, strewn with miscellaneous Chinese pieces. However, through my investigation, I find Boucher's Chinoiserie laden with many authentic details, rendering a relatively convincing effect, especially in comparison with contemporaneous Chinoiserie works, illustrations in travelogues on China, and imported Chinese porcelain pieces, which made his work distinctive in the period. | eng |
dc.description.sponsorship | College of Arts and Sciences | |
dc.description.tableofcontents | Abstract -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- French Philosophical, Social, and Aesthetic Conception of China During the First Half of the Eighteenth Century -- Boucher and His Chinoiserie -- Conclusion -- Illustrations -- Reference List -- Vita. | eng |
dc.description.version | monographic | |
dc.format.medium | text | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/9590 | eng |
dc.language | English | |
dc.relation.isversionof | Version of record | |
dc.rights | Open Access (fully available) | |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright retained by author | |
dc.subject | Beauvais Tapestries | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Boucher, François, 1703-1770 -- Criticism and interpretation | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Art criticism -- France -- History -- 18th century | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Art, Rococo -- France | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Art objects, Chinese | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Chinoiserie (Art) -- France -- History | eng |
dc.subject.other | Thesis -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- Art and art history | eng |
dc.title | François Boucher and His Chinoiserie | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
dc.type.genre | Graduate | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Art and Art History (UMKC) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Kansas City | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
thesis.degree.name | M.A. (Master of Arts) | eng |