Early Chinese Jades In The Harvard Art Museums
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Early Chinese Jades In The Harvard Art Museums
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Author : Jenny F. So
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Early Chinese Jades In The Harvard Art Museums written by Jenny F. So and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Art categories.
From personal ornamentation to funerary practice, from palace decoration to private devotion, jade has played a major role in Chinese social, cultural, and political life for millennia. Exploring the history of this revered stone through the esteemed Grenville L. Winthrop Collection at the Harvard Art Museums--which includes some of the finest examples of ancient and archaizing jades outside China--this volume explains how and why jade developed its special significance. In-depth entries on over one hundred objects present recent archaeological discoveries and new information garnered from conservation analysis, while Jenny So's broad and engaging narrative not only elucidates the layered meanings of the objects and their iconography but also delves into the unique qualities of the material and the craftsmanship involved in quarrying and working jade. Distributed for the Harvard Art Museums
Early Chinese Jades In The Harvard Art Museums
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Author : Jenny F. So
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Early Chinese Jades In The Harvard Art Museums written by Jenny F. So and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Jade categories.
Explores the history of jade through the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection at the Harvard Art Museums, including in-depth entries on over one hundred objects.
Early Chinese Jades A Loan Exhibition Presented By The Museum Of Art March 22 Through April 22 1953 An Illustrated Catalogue
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Author : University of Michigan. Museum of Art
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
Early Chinese Jades A Loan Exhibition Presented By The Museum Of Art March 22 Through April 22 1953 An Illustrated Catalogue written by University of Michigan. Museum of Art and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with categories.
Early Chinese Jades
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Author : Max Johannes Joseph Loehr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
Early Chinese Jades written by Max Johannes Joseph Loehr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with categories.
Early Chinese Jades
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language : en
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Release Date : 1953
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Harvard S Art Museums
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Author : Harvard University. Art Museums
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1996
Harvard S Art Museums written by Harvard University. Art Museums and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art categories.
Examines the three Harvard art museum collections providing an overview of the collection and discusses technical information and historical interpretation.
Jade Of The Shang Dynasty
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Author : Kako Crisci
language : en
Publisher: Dynastic Jade Gallery
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Jade Of The Shang Dynasty written by Kako Crisci and has been published by Dynastic Jade Gallery this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
From around 3000 to 1900BC, the late Neolithic period was a time of transition. In Mesopotamia, Egypt, and all around the Mediterranean basin, better living standards saw the rise of new cultures. In China Far East, along the Yellow River, settlements started to flourish and create their own unique identity. Jade was a precious and extremely difficult to carve mineral, mainly dedicated to the service of rituals or religious ceremonies. However, for a long time, the Shang dynasty jade design was regarded as a mere reproduction of the widely available bronzes the Shang were known for. In this book, the author revisits pre-conceived historical knowledge and, based on the research of well-respected scholar Hayashi Minao and expert historians Deng Shuping and Cai Qingliang, proposes that many of the jades pieces exhibited today in museums and private collections may have come from distinct earlier cultures and that bronze design may have been influenced by these devotional objects, not the reverse. Part one of this book, Jade from the early and middle Shang, presents the historical context in which cultures such as the Erlitou and the Erligang developed their unique style before being assimilated into the later Shang Dynasty. Part two, Jade from the late Shang, focuses on specific examples of ceremonial, weapons, and decorative jade to prove further that these pieces may actually have been anterior to the predominantly bronze ear and, by doing so, bring to light the exceptional craftsmanship of much older cultures. Eighty-four illustrations and photographs of unique jade artworks open a unique window of appreciation for these late neolithic times' sophisticated and little-known cultures.
Chinese Art
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Author : Smith College. Museum of Art
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Chinese Art written by Smith College. Museum of Art and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Art, Chinese categories.
Life And Afterlife In Ancient China
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Author : Jessica Rawson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-07-06
Life And Afterlife In Ancient China written by Jessica Rawson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-06 with History categories.
An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombs The three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of Chinese civilisation still in place today: an extraordinarily challenging geography and environment, formidable infrastructure, a society based on the strict hierarchy of the family, a shared written script of characters, a cuisine founded on rice and millet, a material culture of ceramics, bronze, silk and jade, and a unique concept of the universe, in which ancestors continue to exist alongside the living. Records of these early achievements, and their diverse and unexpected expressions, often lie not in written history, but in how people marked the end of their lives: their dwellings for the afterlife. Tombs, and the treasures within them, are almost the only artefacts to survive from Ancient China; their scale and sophistication rivals their equivalents in Ancient Egypt. Jessica Rawson, one of the most eminent Western scholars of China, explores twelve grand tombs - each from a specific historical moment and place - showing how they reveal wider political, dynastic and cultural developments, culminating in the lavish ambition of the First Emperor's monument, guarded by his army of terracotta warriors. Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries, Life and Afterlife in Ancient China illuminates a constellation of beliefs about life and death very different from our own and provides a remarkable new perspective on one of the oldest civilisations in the world.
The Origins Of Chinese Writing
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Author : Paola Demattè
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-10-18
The Origins Of Chinese Writing written by Paola Demattè and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-18 with categories.
This study explores the evidence for Chinese writing in the late Neolithic (3500-2000 BCE) and early Bronze Age (2000-1250 BCE) periods. Chinese writing is often said to have begun with little incubation during the late Shang period (c. 1300-1045 BCE) in the middle-lower Yellow River Valley area as a sudden independent invention. This explanation runs counter to evidence from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Mesoamerica that shows that independent developments of writing generally undergo a protracted evolution. It also ignores archaeological data from the Chinese Neolithic and early Bronze Age that reveals the existence of signs comparable to Shang characters. Paola Demattè takes this data into account to address the issue of what writing is, and when, why, and how it develops, by employing a theory of writing that does not privilege language as a prime mover. It focuses instead on visual systems of communication as well as ideological and socio-economic developments as key elements that promote the eventual development of writing. To understand the processes that led to primary developments of writing, The Origins of Chinese Writing draws from the latest research on the early writing systems of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Mesoamerica, and other forms of protowriting. The result is a novel and inclusive theoretical approach to the archaeological evidence, grammatological data, and textual sources, an approach that demonstrates that Chinese writing emerged out of a long process that began in the Late Neolithic and continued during the Early Bronze Age.