Imaginary East. China "in Russian" XVIII - beginning of XX century

The understanding of the East, in particular its culture, in Russia developed gradually and had its own characteristics. This publication is designed to tell when and how the Chinese products appeared for the first time in Russia. On the pages of the book, the works of export Chinese art are presented together, as well as products in the style of shining, created in Russia or brought from abroad in the XVIII - early twentieth century. The reader learns when and how the Chinese products appeared in Russia for the first time, and that it was for items, as they were extinguished in the Russian context, connecting with the samples of the style of the XVIII century from the West, and how the Chinese style was spoken in culture Subsequent era, involving in its orbit, a variety of creative activities: architecture, subject peace, theater, music and painting. Articles of leading experts and researchers in the field of oriental studies will help the reader to trace the process of perceiving the style of tires, rethinking it over time and a peculiar embodiment in Russian samples. Texts are accompanied by many illustrations (more than 400 photos of exhibits of 12 museums of Moscow and St. Petersburg), some of which are published for the first time