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03378aam a2200409 i 4500 001 42D127324EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221018010048 008 210902t20212021ne a b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9789463721158 020 $a 9463721150 035 $a (OCoLC)1266358008 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d CUV $d SILO 043 $a a-cc--- $a a-cc--- 050 4 $a N8243.S4 $b G74 2021 082 04 $a 704.9432 $2 23 100 1 $a Grasskamp, Anna, $e author. 245 10 $a Art and ocean objects of early modern Eurasia : $b shells, bodies, and materiality / $c Anna Grasskamp. 264 1 $a Amsterdam : $b Amsterdam University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a 220 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 25 cm 490 1 $a Connected histories in the early modern world 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- 1. Shell Connections : The Exoticization and Eroticization of Asian Maritime Material Culture. From Guangzhou to Florence : Parrot cups as "actors" ; Layers of exoticization : Chinese and European shell surfaces ; Surfaces and skins : The European eroticization of Asian shells ; Conclusion : Shell connections -- 2. Shell Bodies : The Creative Agency of Molluscs across Cultures. Clever objects ; Shell agency ; Clam creations ; Female features ; Bird bodies ; Cultured connections ; Conclusion -- 3. Shell Worlds : Maritime Microcosms in EurAsian Art and Material Culture. Shells in flux ; Coralscapes ; Conclusion -- 4. Woman with a Shell : Transcultural Exchange, Female Bodies and Maritime Matters. Women on shells ; Women in shells ; Women with shells ; Women with EurAsian shells ; Conclusion : Woman with a shell -- Conclusion -- Cited primary and secondary sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 520 8 $a During the early modern period, objects of maritime material culture were removed from their places of origin and traded, collected and displayed worldwide. Focusing on shells and pearls exchanged within local and global networks, this monograph compares and connects Asian, in particular Chinese, and European practices of oceanic exploitation in the framework of a transcultural history of art with an understanding of maritime material culture as gendered. Perceiving the ocean as mother of all things, as womb and birthplace, Chinese and European artists and collectors exoticized and eroticized shells' shapes and surfaces. Defining China and Europe as spaces entangled with South and Southeast Asian sites of knowledge production, source and supply between 1500 and 1700, the book understands oceanic goods and maritime networks as transcending and subverting territorial and topographical boundaries. It also links the study of globally connected port cities to local ecologies of oceanic exploitation and creative practices. 650 0 $a Shells in art. 650 0 $a Art, Chinese. 650 0 $a Art, European. 650 0 $a Shells $x History. $z Europe $x History. 650 0 $a Shells $x History. $z China $x History. 650 0 $a Material culture $z Europe. 650 0 $a Material culture $z China. 650 6 $a Coquillages dans l'art. 650 6 $a Art chinois. 830 0 $a Connected histories in the early modern world. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014632.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=42D127324EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search