Reconsidering Chinese Export Paintings: Impact of Art in China on the Paintings Made for Trade

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Asian Studies (60 EC) (MA)

Deng, Yiping (2021)

Reconsidering Chinese Export Paintings: Impact of Art in China on the Paintings Made for Trade

Master thesis | Asian Studies (60 EC) (MA)

This narrative that western painting skills and techniques greatly influenced Chinese export paintings has been long dominating worldwide scholarship. However, this narrative undermines the identity of Chinese export paintings as the art created in the Chinese domestic context. Therefore, this thesis reconsidered the relationship between the Chinese export paintings and art in China. The two case studies in the thesis discussed how the two different genres of Chinese art, classical Chinese manual and Chinese religious art, inspired the export painters. It can be seen from that Chinese export paintings were significantly shaped by the ideas and practices common in Chinese art.

Chinese Export Painting

Material Culture

Visual Art

Transcultural/Eurasian Art

Hybrid Art

Museum

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Classical Chinese Manual

Chinese Religious Art