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Reflections of Early China

Door Xiaoneng Yang

Categorie	Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer	#441803-KN53
Titel	Reflections of Early China: Decor, Pictographs, and Pictorial Inscriptions
Auteur	Yang, Xiaoneng
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Jaar van uitgave	2000
ISBN10	0942614305
ISBN13	9780942614305
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered red cloth, dust jacket, numerous illustrations in b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting	Reflections of Early China is a comprehensive study that presents a historical, archaeological, and theoretical exploration of pictographs and decorations on ancient Chinese bronzes. In it, Xiaoneng Yang challenges the "clan sign" theory and offers new interpretations of the functions and meanings of bronze decor and pictographs in light of archaeological data and social settings. Yang also introduces the new discovery of an unidentified medium that he calls "pictorial inscriptions" that is located in the gray zone between writing and decoration. Further, Yang discusses the sources, contexts, and correlations among the three medium. Yang concludes that the three mediums were derived from various cultures in prehistoric China. Their evolution was closely associated with ... (Lees verder)social, cultural, political, religious, and ritual development. In early Bronze Age China, the three mediums played distinct roles and performed different functions. They are reflections of the formation of Chinese civilation.<p>Reflections of Early China integrates the pictographic inscriptions of Shang and early Western Zhou (2nd millennia BC) with all of our current knowledge of the archaeology, society, and religion that time.
Pagina's	326
Conditie	Redelijk — Markings in pencil in margins throughout text.
Prijs	€ 20,00

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