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dc.contributor.advisorZiskin, Rochelleeng
dc.contributor.authorChang, An-Nieng
dc.contributor.sponsorArt and Art History
dc.coverage.spatialFranceeng
dc.coverage.temporal18th centuryeng
dc.date.issued2010eng
dc.date.submitted2010 Falleng
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page, viewed on January 20, 2011.eng
dc.descriptionThesis advisor: Rochelle Ziskin.eng
dc.descriptionVita.eng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographic references (pages 56-58).eng
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A.)--College of Arts & Sciences. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010.eng
dc.description.abstractIn 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.sponsorshipCollege of Arts and Sciences
dc.description.tableofcontentsAbstract -- 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.versionmonographic
dc.format.mediumtext
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/9590eng
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.isversionofVersion of record
dc.rightsOpen Access (fully available)
dc.rights.holderCopyright retained by author
dc.subjectBeauvais Tapestrieseng
dc.subject.lcshBoucher, François, 1703-1770 -- Criticism and interpretationeng
dc.subject.lcshArt criticism -- France -- History -- 18th centuryeng
dc.subject.lcshArt, Rococo -- Franceeng
dc.subject.lcshArt objects, Chineseeng
dc.subject.lcshChinoiserie (Art) -- France -- Historyeng
dc.subject.otherThesis -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- Art and art historyeng
dc.titleFrançois Boucher and His Chinoiserieeng
dc.typeThesiseng
dc.type.genreGraduate
thesis.degree.disciplineArt and Art History (UMKC)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Kansas Cityeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.A. (Master of Arts)eng


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