William Chambers’s “Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils” in Context: An Authoritative Guide to Chinese Visual Culture

artykuł recenzowany

Albert Kozik

a.kozik@uw.edu.pl
Warszawa, Instytut Historii Sztuki UW (Polska)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6813-4393

Abstrakt

Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils Williama Chambersa (1723–1796) tradycyjnie uznaje się za wzornik przeznaczony dla europejskich architektów i zleceniodawców zainteresowanych tzw. stylem chińskim. W niniejszym artykule podjęto próbę umiejscowienia traktatu Chambersa w szerszym kontekście postępów w dziedzinie nowożytnej (proto)sinologii i ówczesnych strategii radzenia sobie z nadmiarem wiedzy o chińskiej kulturze wizualnej. Niezależnie od oczywistej funkcji wzornika, publikacja Chambersa może być rozumiana jako część zjawiska, które dało początek wielu nowożytnym kompendiom dotyczącym Państwa Środka, takim jak naukowe publikacje jezuitów – dziełom mającym na celu uporządkowanie napływających chaotycznie informacji i przeformułowanie ich tak, by były dostępne szerszemu gronu odbiorców. Opierając sią na pracach takich badaczy jak Ann Blair i Georg Lehner, w pierwszej części artykułu skoncentrowano się na nowożytnych sposobach porządkowania wiedzy sinologicznej i narastającej wówczas potrzebie stworzenia jej naukowej syntezy. W części drugiej problem „przeciążenia informacją” omówiony został w odniesieniu do chińskiej produkcji artystycznej i jej percepcji w Europie. Ostatnia część tekstu jest poświęcona analizie Designs Chambersa jako autorytatywnego kompendium, stworzonego w celu jednoczesnego uporządkowania wiedzy o chińskiej kulturze wizualnej i dowiedzenia nieautentyczności opisów i ilustracji zawartych w innych wydawanych wówczas wzornikach.


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William Chambers, Designs of Chinese Buildings, chinoiseries, zarządzanie informacją, chińska kultura wizualna, architektura chińska, historia architektury

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Kozik, A. (2022). William Chambers’s “Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils” in Context: An Authoritative Guide to Chinese Visual Culture. Biuletyn Historii Sztuki, 84(3), 563–592. https://doi.org/10.36744/bhs.1238

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Warszawa, Instytut Historii Sztuki UW Polska
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6813-4393

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