Beyond the Screen

by Berliner, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780878464357
• ISBN10: 0878464352
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

During the 16th and 17th centuries, Chinese furniture reached a pinnacle of exceptional design and meticulous workmanship. Beyond the Screen leads the reader on a journey that encompasses not only the evolution of these exquisite furnishings, but also includes the many literary, architectural, and visual contexts in which they were created. Alongside 64 superb color photographs of the furniture itself, numerous Ming woodblock prints and literary excerpts show how furniture was used in daily life -- as everything from a lover's hiding place to a projectile thrown during arguments. A vital response to the West's increasing interest in traditional Chinese furniture, this beautifully produced volume is both an illustration of the aesthetic possibilities of furniture design and a fascinating look at China during the early modern period.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(1)
Malcolm Rogers
Preface	8	(1)
Wang Shixiang
Acknowledgments	9	(2)
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties and Reign Periods	11	(1)
Introduction	12	(4)
Nancy Berliner
Chinese Furniture Parts and Joinery	16	(5)
Furnishing the Self in Early Modern China	21	(15)
Craig Clunas
Wood Shaped and Standing through the Winds of Time: The Evolution of Chinese Furniture	36	(17)
Sarah Handler
The Furniture Maker and the Woodworking Traditions of China	53	(24)
Curtis Evarts
Conjectures on Models of Ming-Period Furniture Excavated from the Pan Yunzheng Tomb in Shanghai	77	(8)
Wang Zhengshu
One Ming Gentleman's Notions on Room Order: Selection from Zhang Wu Zhi---A Treatise on Superfluous Things	85	(4)
Wen Zhenheng
Catalogue of the Exhibition	89	(64)
Index	153