John E. Vollmer

John E. Vollmer is an internationally recognized curator and scholar in the fields of Asian art, textiles and costumes, decorative arts, and design. He is author of thirty museum exhibition catal...

Emblems of Empire: Selections from the Mactaggart Art Collection

John E. Vollmer

In this sumptuous volume, John Vollmer and Jacqueline Simcox showcase 72 objects focused on the emperors of China from the Mactaggart Art Collection at the University of Alberta Museums, one of the foremost collections of Chinese paintings and textiles in the world. Full-color images and informative text introduce both the works from the collection and how they served as emblems of imperial order and powerduring the Ming and Qing dynasties 1368–1911). Students, collectors, museum visitors, scholars, historians, and individuals interested in Chinese art will be stirred by the sensuous interplay of hierarchy and design of the painted and textile arts of the Chinese Imperial court, as explored and illuminated in this book.
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- Dressed to Rule: 18th Century Court Attire in the Mactaggart Art Collection John E. Vollmer / Janine Andrews, Foreword $29.95 • 978-1-55195-214-7 paper, 72 pages, color photos, notes, references Copublished with University of Alberta Museums • U.S. Distribution
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