[arthistorymajors] Please join us tomorrow after classes for: "From Object to Concept" with Stacey Pierson

[Cecilia Flanagan]

Join the Literary Journalism Program, the Department of Art History,
and the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures for a talk
by Stacey Pierson about her new book, "From Object to Concept: Global
Consumption and the Transformation of Ming Porcelain" (Hong Kong
University Press 2013).
  
"From Object to Concept"
  
with
  
Stacey Pierson
(SOAS--School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
  
Introduction by Roberta Wue
(UCI Art History)
  
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
5 PM
Humanities Gateway Building 1010
  
Free and open to the public; all welcome! For more information or for
disability accommodations, call (949) 824-6876.  Special thanks to the
UCI
Bookstore staff.
  
ABOUT "FROM OBJECT TO CONCEPT":
  
Ming porcelain is among the world's finest cultural treasures. From
ordinary household items to refined vessels for imperial use,
porcelain became a dynamic force in domestic consumption in China and
a valuable commodity in the export trade. In the modern era, it has
reached
unprecedented heights in art auctions and other avenues of global
commerce.
  
This book examines the impact of consumption on porcelain of the Ming
period and its transformation into a foreign cultural icon. The book
begins with an examination of ways in which porcelain was appreciated
in Ming China, followed by a discussion of encounters with Ming
porcelain in
several global regions including Europe and the Americas. The book
also looks at theinvention of the phrase and concept of "the Ming
vase" in
English-speaking cultures, and concludes with a history of the
transformation of Ming porcelain into works of art.
  
ABOUT STACEY PIERSON:
  
The former curator of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art,
Stacey Pierson is a senior lecturer in the History of Chinese Ceramics
at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Dr.
Pierson is the author of numerous studies on Chinese ceramics,
including "Chinese Ceramics: A Design History" (2009 V&A
Publications), and "Collectors, Collections and Museums: the Field of
Chinese Ceramics in Britain, 1560-1960" (2007 Peter Lang). Her current
research is focused on the history and influence of collectors' groups
and learned societies on the development of the discipline of art
history in Britain.
  
http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31635.php
  
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Parking is available in the Mesa Parking Structure (14A on the map
below):
  
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