Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie

$35.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A Met Museum publication is the perfect gift. By Iris Moon Monstrous Beauty presents a bold cross-cultural history of porcelain told through a feminist lens. Prized for its delicate quality and whiteness, porcelain was first imported to Europe from China in the early modern period and gained lasting associations with Chinoiserie, a style that encapsulated associations of mystery and enchantment with Asia. This book probes the collective anxieties around gender, race, and sexuality lurking under the surface of…