Siting China in Germany eighteenth-century chinoiserie and its modern legacy Christiane Hertel

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Contents: Superfluous imitation : porcelain palaces in Dresden and Rastatt -- Shifting frames : Hesse-Kassel's Wilhelmsthal and Wilhelmshöhe palace gardens -- Afterlife : romantic translation in chinois Dresden (and vice versa) -- Ancestry : critical gathering in Thomas Mann's Lotte in Weimar
Summary: "Introduces and interprets the complex history of German chinoiserie in the long eighteenth century, focusing on its emergence in literature and the arts"--Provided by publisher

Title: Siting China in Germany, 18th century chinoiserie and its modern legacy

Topic: Chinoiserie (Art)--History; Chinoiseries (Ornements)--Histoire; Chinoiserie (Art); Chinoiserie; Porzellan; German literature--Chinese influences; Art, German; Landscape architecture--History; 1700-1930