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Frederick the great x27 s porcelain diversion the chinese tea house at sanssouci

FREDERICK THE GREAT ? S PORCELAIN DIVERSION THE CHINESE TEA HOUSE AT SANSSOUCI Tania Solweig Shamy Department of Art History and Communication Studies McGill University Montreal October A thesis submitted to McGill University in partial ful ?llment of the requirements of the degree of doctor of philosophy ?Tania Solweig Shamy CLibrary and Archives Canada Published Heritage Branch Wellington Street Ottawa ON K A N Canada Bibliothèque et Archives Canada Direction du Patrimoine de l ? édition rue Wellington Ottawa ON K A N Canada Your ?le Votre référence ISBN - - - - Our ?le Notre référence ISBN - - - - NOTICE The author has granted a nonexclusive license allowing Library and Archives Canada to reproduce publish archive preserve conserve communicate to the public by telecommunication or on the Internet loan distribute and sell theses worldwide for commercial or noncommercial purposes in microform paper electronic and or any other formats The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author ? s permission In compliance with the Canadian Privacy Act some supporting forms may have been removed from this thesis While these forms may be included in the document page count their removal does not represent any loss of content from the thesis AVIS L ? auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive permettant à la Bibliothèque et Archives Canada de reproduire publier archiver sauvegarder conserver transmettre au public par télécommunication ou par l ? Internet prêter distribuer et vendre des thèses partout dans le monde à des ?ns commerciales ou autres sur support microforme papier électronique et ou autres formats L ? auteur conserve la propriété du droit d ? auteur et des droits moraux qui protège cette thèse Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés ou autrement reproduits sans son autorisation Conformément à la loi canadienne sur la protection de la vie privée quelques formulaires secondaires ont été enlevés de cette thèse Bien que ces formulaires aient inclus dans la pagination il n ? y aura aucun contenu manquant CAbstract This thesis signals a new approach in the study of the Chinese Tea House at Sanssouci It argues that Frederick the Great ? s exotic pavilion although made of sandstone and stucco is porcelain in essence The garden building re ects the many meanings of this highly valued commodity and art form in the privileged society of the king and his contemporaries The pavilion is unique in that it was inspired by the type of sculptural ornament designed to decorate the eighteenthcentury table of the nobility The Tea House is a thematically integrated structure that demonstrates the in uence of porcelain on interior décor and architecture The designation of the garden building as a Gesamtkunstwerk acknowledges the blending of architecture painting and sculpture characteristics shared by porcelain centerpieces They exemplify the intermediality associated with the development of eighteenthcentury porcelain and the interpretation of