Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds : Global and Local Geographies of Art

While the connected, international character of today's art world is well known, the eighteenth century too had a global art world.__Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds__is the first book to attempt a map of the global art world of the eighteenth century.Fourteen essays from a distinguished group of scholars explore both cross-cultural connections and local specificities of art production and consumption in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The result is an account of a series of interconnected and asymmetrical art world__s__that were well developed in the eighteenth century.Capturing the full material diversity of eighteenth-century art, this book considers painting and sculpture alongside far more numerous prints and decorative objects. Analyzing the role of place in the history of eighteenth-century art, it bridges the disciplines of art history and cultural geography, and draws attention away from any one place as a privileged art-historical site, while highlighting places such as Manila, Beijing, Mexico City, and London as significant points on globalized map of the eighteenth-century art world.__Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds__combines a broad global perspective on the history of art with careful attention to how global artistic concerns intersect with local ones, offering a framework for future studies in global art history. Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents Map Illustrations Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Mapping Global Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds Eighteenth Century Art Worlds Global Local Geographies of Art Points on a Map Notes 2 Flowering Stone The Aesthetics and Politics of Islamic Jades at the Qing Court Jade and the Xinjiang Campaigns (1755–9) Praising the “Hindustan” Jades Conclusion Notes 3 The Market for “Western” Paintings in Eighteenth- Century East Asia A View from the Liulichang Market in Beijing The Court and the City Liulichang Scholars Looking at “Western” Painting “Western” Paintings Travel East Of Silk, Glass, and Metal Conclusion Notes 4 Floating Pictures The European Dimension to Japanese Art During the Eighteenth Century The Birth of “Western Studies” (Rangaku) Notes 5 A Chinese Canton? Painting the Local in Export Art A Canton Album of Figures A Guangdong World of Figures A Guangdong World of Objects Conclusion Notes 6 Pedro Cambón’s Asian Objects A Transpacific Approach to Eighteenth-Century California Global Contexts Transpacific Angles of Vision Reimagining Mission Dolores Notes 7 Making it Ours Religious Art in Eighteenth-Century Colonial Spanish American Newspapers Spanish American Newspapers Sacred Art in the Newspapers Notes 8 Tortoiseshell and the Edge of Empire Artistic Materials and Imperial Politics in Spain and France Obtaining Tortoiseshell Tortoiseshell in the Spanish and French Empires Tortoiseshell Objects in the Spanish Empire Tortoiseshell in France Empire and Materiality Notes 9 Other Antiquities Ancients, Moderns, and the Challenge of China in Eighteenth-Century France Notes 10 Drifting Through the Louvre A Local Guide to the French Academy From the Street Getting in A Visit to the Academy Back on the Threshold Concluding the Drift Notes 11 The Art World of the European Grand Tour Defining the Grand Tour Regional Attractions and Sightseeing Sites of Artistic and Antiquarian Interest Educating Artists The Art Trade and Souvenirs The Grand Tour Back Home Notes 12 The African Geographies of Angelo Soliman Notes 13 Toward an Itinerant Art History: The Swahili Coast of Eastern Africa A Material History of the African Indian Ocean The Surfaces of Things Ornament as Action Transoceanic Chairs Conclusion Notes 14 St. Martin’s Lane in London, Philadelphia, and Vizagapatam Design and the London Art World Colonial Style: Philadelphia Chippendale Anglo-Indian Ivory Furniture Notes Notes on Contributors Selected Bibliography Index "While the connected, international character of today's art world is well known, the eighteenth century too had a global art world. Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds is the first book to attempt a map of the global art world of the eighteenth century. Twenty-one essays from a distinguished group of scholars explore both cross-cultural connections and local specificities of art production and consumption in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The result is an account of a series of interconnected and asymmetrical art worlds that were well developed in the eighteenth century. Capturing the full material diversity of eighteenth-century art, this book considers painting and sculpture alongside far more numerous prints and decorative objects. Analyzing the role of place in the history of eighteenth-century art, it bridges the disciplines of art history and cultural geography, and draws attention away from any one place as a privileged art-historical site, while highlighting places such as Manila, Beijing, Mexico City, and London as significant points on globalized map of the eighteenth-century art world. Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds combines a broad global perspective on the history of art with careful attention to how global artistic concerns intersect with local ones, offering a framework for future studies in global art history."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

While the connected, international character of today's art world is well known, the eighteenth century too had a global art world. Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds is the first book to attempt a map of the global art world of the eighteenth century. Fourteen essays from a distinguished group of scholars explore both cross-cultural connections and local specificities of art production and consumption in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The result is an account of a series of interconnected and asymmetrical art world s that were well developed in the eighteenth century. Capturing the full material diversity of eighteenth-century art, this book considers painting and sculpture alongside far more numerous prints and decorative objects. Analyzing the role of place in the history of eighteenth-century art, it bridges the disciplines of art history and cultural geography, and draws attention away from any one place as a privileged art-historical site, while highlighting places such as Manila, Beijing, Mexico City, and London as significant points on globalized map of the eighteenth-century art world. Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds combines a broad global perspective on the history of art with careful attention to how global artistic concerns intersect with local ones, offering a framework for future studies in global art history.

Mapping Eighteenth-century Art Worlds / Stacey Sloboda And Michael Yonan -- A Chinese Canton? Painting The Local In Export Art / Yeewan Koon -- Pedro Cambón's Asian Objects : A Transpacific Approach To Eighteenth-century California / J.m. Mancini -- St. Martin's Lane In London, Philadelphia, And Vizagapatam / Stacey Sloboda. Edited By Stacey Sloboda And Michael Yonan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.