Thomsen et al. China and the West: Reconsidering Chinese Reverse Glass Paintings

Dear colleagues,  

This is to let you know of a recent publication that I participated as editor and author:

Ambrosio, Elisa. Francine Giese, Alina Martimyanova and Hans Bjarne Thomsen, eds. China and the West: Reconsidering Chinese Reverse Glass Paintings. De Gruyter:2023 (292 pages, ISBN: 9783110711752 for printed version, ISBN: 9783110711776 for e-book).

In addition to a focus on the Chinese tradition in this art form, it has a wider reach, as it is the first book to deal in depth with the phenomenon of early modern East Asian and Southeast Asian reverse glass paintings, including their connections to the west. My contribution is the chapter on Japanese reverse glass paintings, one of the first in a western language. The publication is open access and can be freely downloaded. The link and list of contents are below.  

Best regards,  

Hans B. Thomsen (thomsen@khist.uzh.ch)

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Link to the e-book: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110711776-fm/html 

PREFACE       

Danielle Elisseeff 

INTRODUCTION    

Francine Giese, Hans Bjarne Thomsen, Elisa Ambrosio, and Alina Martimyanova 

CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING AND ITS MATERIALITY 

FROM VIRTUOSITY TO VERNACULARISM: REVERSALS OF GLASS PAINTING  

Lihong Liu 

PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES: THE POLITE AND POLISHED IN GEORGIAN BRITAIN 

Christopher L. Maxwell 

ILLUSIONISTIC PRACTICES AMONG LES ARTS DU FEU IN MID-EIGHTEENTH- CENTURY CANTON    Kee Il Choi Jr. 

LIGHT, REFLECTION, AND REVERSE GLASS PAINTING AT THE NGUYEN COURT         

William H. Ma 

TRANSFER AND TRANSMEDIALITY 

GLASS PAINTING IN THE COLLECTION OF ANDREAS EVERARDUS VAN BRAAM HOUCKGEEST (1739-1801)     Jan van Campen 

THE GOVERNOR OF SURAT AND THE APOTHEOSIS OF WASHINGTON:  CANTONESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS FOR EARLY NINETEENTH- CENTURY AMERICAN MARKETS          

Karina H. Corrigan 

REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF VERNACULAR MOTIFS AND OTHER COMMON FEATURES OF CHINESE NEW YEAR PRINTS AND CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING          

Alina Martimyanova 

THE NIGHTMARE: CASE STUDY OF A DELIBERATELY INACCURATE TRANSMISSION TO GLASS Elisabeth Eibner 

CONTEXTUAL STUDIES OF REVERSE GLASS PAINTING 

VARIETIES OF REPLICATION IN CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING  

Jessica Lee Patterson 

REFLECTING ASIA: THE RECEPTION OF CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING IN BRITAIN, 1738–1770          Patricia F. Ferguson 

JAPANESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING: THE OTHER EAST ASIAN TRADITION  

Hans Bjarne Thomsen 

“IN ALL OF BEIJING, THERE ARE NO MORE THAN FOUR PAINTINGS ON GLASS THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN OUR CONSIDERATION”: CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS FROM CZECH 

COLLECTIONS AND THEIR CONTEXTS    Michaela Pejčochová 

REGIONAL RECEPTIONS OF REVERSE GLASS PAINTING 

REFLECTIONS IN A CHINESE MIRROR: WESTERNERS REINTERPRETED IN EARLY CANTONESE 

GLASS PAINTING         Patrick Conner 

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS IN A DUTCH COLLECTION 

ART AND COMMODITY           Rosalien van der Poel 

CHINA AND ITS SOUTH: CHINESE LADIES ON GLASS AND OTHER TOPICS IN NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH- CENTURY JAVA AND BALI      Jérôme Samuel 

PIONEERING RESEARCH IN CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING 

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINESE REVERSE GLASS PAINTING     Thierry Audric 

SOME STYLES IN NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINESE GLASS PAINTING: 

A FIRST APPROACH     Rupprecht Mayer