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China's cultural relics / by Li Li.
Penn Museum Library DS715 .L468313 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Li, 1952-
- Series:
- Introductions to Chinese culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Antiquities.
- China.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 161 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- China is the birthplace of one of the world's most ancient civilizations, and an immense quantity and variety of cultural relics have been preserved on China's vast territory. Utilizing a wealth of archaeological evidence, China's Cultural Relics provides an illustrated introduction to artifacts preserved from different periods of Chinese history, and the collection and preservation of these precious relics in modern times. Covering a wide range of topics representative of Chinese culture, including pottery, porcelain, jade, and bronze, Li Li provides glimpse into ancient China. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Painted Pottery 3
- Origin of Pottery Art 4
- Development of Painted Pottery 5
- Painted Pottery of the Yangshao Culture 7
- Prehistory Pottery after the Yangshao Culture 14
- Jade Artifacts 15
- "Beautiful Stones" and Jade 16
- Jade Artifacts of the Xinglongwa Culture and Hongshan Culture 17
- Jade Artifacts of the Liangzhu Culture 17
- Jade Carvings of the Shang-Zhou Period 22
- Funerary Objects of Jade 24
- The Bloom of Jade Artifacts 27
- Bronze Ware 29
- Bronze Technology 31
- Bronze Sacrificial Utensils 32
- Decorative Designs and Inscriptions on Bronze
- Animal-shaped Bronze Vessels and Bronze Human Figures 37
- Bronze Weapons, Helmets and Shields 41
- Porcelain 45
- Porcelain ofthe Six Dynasties 47
- Porcelain ofthe Sui-Tang Period 49
- Porcelain Kilns ofthe Song Dynasty 53
- Blue and White Porcelain ofthe Yuan Dynasty 57
- Painted Porcelain of theMing-Qing Period 60
- Sculpture 65
- Tomb Figurines 66
- Stone Mausoleum Sculptures 81
- Grotto Temples and the Formative Art of Buddhism 91
- Painting 105
- The Origin of the Art of Painting 106
- Paintings of the Han and Jin Dynasties 108
- Painting Style of the Sui-Tang Period 111
- The Painting Academy of the Song Dynasty 115
- The Literati Paintings in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties 119
- Furniture 125
- Furniture before the Han Dynasty 126
- Development of "Furniture with High
- Ming-style Furniture 129
- Indoor Furnishing 131
- Arts and Crafts 133
- Gold and Silver Artifacts 134
- Lacquer Works 139
- Bamboo, Wooden, Ivory and Animal Horn Artifacts 144
- Artificially Shaped Gourds 146
- Embroidery 147
- Cloisonne 148
- Purple Clay Teapots 149
- The Collection and Preservation of Cultural Relics 151
- Collecting in the Flourishing Age 152
- Treasures Lost in Troubled Times 154
- The Arduous Task ahead for the Protection of Cultural Relics 160.
- ISBN:
- 9780521186568
- 0521186560
- OCLC:
- 759175209
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