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Bronze and stone
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- Book Synopsis
- Despite China's long tradition of venerating the past as the ultimate source of cultural authority, the discourse of antiquity prior to the Song period (960-1279) demonstrated little concern for ancient objects. With a focus on physical artifacts of the past, Song intellectuals began a new discipline, "the study of bronze and stone" (jinshixue), that generated collections of items such as bronze vessels and bells, stone steles, and ink rubbings of inscriptions carved or cast on objects. This first comprehensive study in English of the Song antiquarian movement and how it refashioned the distant past uses textual and material evidence to examine this development, which has had long-lasting influence on Chinese intellectual history and on the preservation of material objects. In addition to collecting and comparing artifacts, Song antiquaries compiled extensive catalogs that included drawings, measurements, and meticulous descriptions. Their studies have contributed to the way history has been documented since the eleventh century and serve as a basis for archaeology of the modern period. Bronze and Stone contextualizes the Song antiquarian movement among previous Chinese engagements with antiquity, subsequent popular interest in ancient objects, and world antiquarianism.
- About The Author
- Yunchiahn C. Sena is Kluger Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Trinity College. She received her PhD in art history from the University of Chicago. This is her first book.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780295744575
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press, (01 April 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 240
- Weight
- 476 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 28 mm
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