A Kingly Craft
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Kingly Crafts
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Author : Yung-ti Li
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2022-12-20
Kingly Crafts written by Yung-ti Li and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-20 with History categories.
The site of Anyang, the last capital of the Shang dynasty, dated to around 1200 to 1000 BCE, is one of the most important sources of knowledge about craft production in Bronze Age China. Excavations and research of the settlement over the past ninety years demonstrate both the advanced level of Shang craft workers and the scale and capacity of the craft industries of the time. However, materials unearthed in Anyang by different expeditions have since been stored separately in China and Taiwan, making a thorough study of this important aspect of life in Shang China challenging. Despite efforts to integrate the data based on published material, the physical evidence rarely has been considered as a single group. Through a systematic analysis of the archaeological materials available in both China and Taiwan, Yung-ti Li provides a detailed picture of craft production in Anyang and paves the way for a new understanding of how the Shang capital functioned as a metropolis. Focusing on craft-producing activities, including bronze casting, bone working, shell and marble inlay working, lithic working, and pottery production, Kingly Crafts examines the material remains, the technology, and the production organization of the craft industries. Although the level of Shang craftsmanship can be seen in the finished products, Li demonstrates that it is necessary to study workshop remains and their archaeological context to reconstruct the social and political contexts of craft production. Offering a comprehensive investigation of these remains, Kingly Crafts sheds new light on the relationships between craft industries and political authority in the late Shang period.
A Kingly Craft
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Author : Earnestine Jenkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
A Kingly Craft written by Earnestine Jenkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Ethiopia categories.
Craft And The Kingly Ideal
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Author : Mary W. Helms
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-08-26
Craft And The Kingly Ideal written by Mary W. Helms and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-26 with Social Science categories.
In ancient Mediterranean cultures, diamonds were thought to endow their owners with invincibility. In contemporary United States culture, a foreign-made luxury car is believed to give its owner status and prestige. Where do these beliefs come from? In this study of craft production and long-distance trade in traditional, nonindustrial societies, Mary W. Helms explores the power attributed to objects that either are produced by skilled artisans and/or come from "afar." She argues that fine artisanship and long-distance trade, both of which are more available to powerful elites than to ordinary people, are means of creating or acquiring tangible objects that embody intangible powers and energies from the cosmological realms of gods, ancestors, or heroes. Through the objects, these qualities become available to human society and confer honor and power on their possessors. Helms’ novel approach equates trade with artistry and emphasizes acquisition rather than distribution. She rejects the classic Western separation between economics and aesthetics and offers a new paradigm for understanding traditional societies that will be of interest to all anthropologists and archaeologists.
A Kingly Craft
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Author : Earnestine Jenkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
A Kingly Craft written by Earnestine Jenkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
A Kingly Craft is a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary fields of African art history and visual studies. Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts have been regarded as remarkable expressions of Christian art and material culture. However, until recently, the elite art form of manuscript production has not been rigorously examined within specific social, cultural, and political contexts. This work is an innovative study of eighteenth and nineteenth century manuscript painting during a critical period of Ethiopian history known as the "Era of the Princes."
A Kingly Craft
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Author : Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
A Kingly Craft written by Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Ethiopia categories.
The Political Writings
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Author : Alfarabi
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2016-05-12
The Political Writings written by Alfarabi and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-12 with Philosophy categories.
Alfarabi was among the first to explore the tensions between the philosophy of classical Greece and that of Islam, as well as of religion generally. His writings, extraordinary in their breadth and deep learning, have had a profound impact on Islamic and Jewish philosophy. This volume presents four of Alfarabi's most important texts, making his political thought available to classicists, medievalists, and scholars of religion and Byzantine and Middle Eastern studies. In a clear prose translation by Charles E. Butterworth, these treatises provide a valuable introduction to the teachings of Alfarabi and to the development of Islamic political philosophy. All of these texts are based on new Arabic editions. Two—The Book of Religion and Harmonization of the Two Opinions of the Two Sages, Plato the Divine and Aristotle—appear in English for the first time. The translations of the other two works—Selected Aphorisms and chapter five of the Enumeration of the Sciences—differ markedly from those previously known to English-language readers. Butterworth situates each essay in its historical, literary, and philosophical context. His notes help the reader follow Alfarabi's text and identify persons, places, and events. English-Arabic and Arabic-English glossaries of terms further assist the reader.
Proceedings Of The Boston Area Colloquium In Ancient Philosophy
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Author : John J. Cleary
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Proceedings Of The Boston Area Colloquium In Ancient Philosophy written by John J. Cleary and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
This latest volume of "BACAP Proceedings" contains some innovative research by international scholars on Plato, Aristotle, and Sophocles. It covers such themes as Plato on the philosopher ruler, and Aristotle on essence and necessity in science. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
Xenophon And The Athenian Democracy
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Author : Matthew R. Christ
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-09-03
Xenophon And The Athenian Democracy written by Matthew R. Christ and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-03 with History categories.
Examines how Xenophon instructs his elite readers concerning the values and skills needed to lead the Athenian democracy.
The Socratic Movement
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Author : Paul A. Vander Waerdt
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1994
The Socratic Movement written by Paul A. Vander Waerdt and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
14 essays which examine the efforts of Socrates' associates to preserve his speeches for posterity. The papers place particular emphasis on the non-Platonic tradition.
Plato S Craft Of Justice
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Author : Richard D. Parry
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Plato S Craft Of Justice written by Richard D. Parry and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Political Science categories.
This book traces the development of Plato's analogy between craft and virtue from Euthydemus and Gorgias through the central books of the Republic. It shows that Plato's middle dialogues develop and extend, rather than reject, philosophical positions taken in the early dialogues.