Chinese Art & Culture

Cameron, Nigel and L. Carrington Goodrich. The Face of China: As Seen by Photographers and Travelers, 1860-1912. Aperture Books, 1978. From an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Crossman, Carl L. The Decorative Arts of the China Trade: Paintings, Furnishings, and Exotic Curiosities. Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1991.

Feller, John Quentin. The Canton Famille Rose Porcelains: Chinese Export Porcelain in the 19th Century. Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum of Salem, 1982.

Jourdain, Margaret, and R. Soame Jenyns. Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century. New York: Scribner, 1950.

Ko, Dorothy (The Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Ontario). Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001. Interesting and thorough discussion of the physical and cultural aspects of foot-binding, including beautiful images of footwear.

Palmer, Arlene M. A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain. New York: Crown, 1976.

Soulié de Morant, Georges. A History of Chinese Art from Ancient Times to the Present Day. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.