Ronald G. Knapp

The Peranakan Chinese Home

Art and Culture in Daily Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discover the rarified Peranakan (native-born Chinese of Southeast Asia) aesthetics that are today highly sought-after for their beauty: distinctive furniture and ceramics, textiles and jewellery, and many other art objects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 221mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 1072g
• ISBN-13: 9780804848909
• ISBN-10: 0804848904
• Artikelnr.: 45636491

Autorenporträt

Ronald G. Knapp has been carrying out research on cultural and historical geography in China's countryside since 1965. Currently SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York, New Paltz, he is the author, contributing author, or editor of twenty books, including the award-winning Chinese Houses: The Architectural Heritage of a Nation and Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers. A. Chester Ong, born in the Philippines and currently based in Hong Kong, has photographed widely throughout Asia. His works appear in magazines, exhibitions, and books, including China Modern, Chinese Houses, China Living and Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia.