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Beyond the first emperor's mausoleum: new perspectives on Qin art / edited by Liu Yang ; foreword, Kaywin Feldman.
LIBRA N7343.23 .B49 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Beyond The First Emperor's Mausoleum: New Perspectives on Qin Culture (Symposium) (2012 : Minneapolis, Minn.), issuing body.
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C--Tomb--Congresses.
- Qin shi huang.
- Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C.
- Art, Chinese--Congresses.
- Art, Chinese.
- Cosmology, Chinese--History--Congresses.
- Cosmology, Chinese.
- City planning--China--Xianyang Shi--History--Congresses.
- City planning.
- Chinese literature--History--Congresses.
- Chinese literature.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Antiquities.
- Art.
- History.
- Bronzes, Chinese.
- Mercury industry and trade.
- Cinnabar.
- Civilization.
- China--Civilization--History--Congresses.
- China.
- China--History--Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C--Congresses.
- Cinnabar--China--History--Congresses.
- Mercury industry and trade--China--History--Congresses.
- Bronzes, Chinese--History--Congresses.
- Art--China--Foreign influences--History--Congresses.
- China--Antiquities--Congresses.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--China--Congresses.
- Art, Chinese--Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.
- Art, Chinese--Qin-Han dynasties.
- Art--Foreign influences.
- Tombs.
- China--Xianyang Shi.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : The Minneapolis Institute of Arts ; [Minneapolis, Minnesota] : Jim Bindas--Books & Projects LLC, [2014]
- Language Note:
- Essays in English; final essay by Wang Hui also in English, translated from the Chinese by Yiyi Liu.
- Summary:
- Our imaginations are sparked by the compelling findings unearthed at Lintong near Xi'an, capital of modern-day Shaanxi Province. There the grand mausoleum and its thousands of guardian Terracotta Warriors and horses stand as testimony to the extraordinary legacy of China's First Emperor, Qin Shihuang. Equally significant in shedding light on the days of the Qin state and its evolution from a tribe of the western frontier to a dominant superpower are numerous recent archaeological finds from the region of present-day Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. In this book, twelve leading scholars of early Chinese art and culture from China, Europe, and the United States share their perspectives on recent archaeological discoveries related to Qin dynasty culture and history.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Kaywin Feldman
- Introduction / Liu Yang
- Defining Qin artistic traditions: heritage, borrowing, and innovation / Alain Thote
- Artistic naturalism and bureaucratic theory / Martin Powers
- Qin cosmography and the first cosmic capital, Xianyang / David Pankenier
- Afterlife entertainment? The cauldron and bare-torso figures at the First Emperor's tomb / Eugene Wang
- Imagining the tomb of the First Emperor of China / Anthony Barbieri-Low
- The Qin Biannian ji and the beginnings of historical writing in China / Edward L. Shaughnessy
- Cinnabar and mercury industry of Qin and early China / Kuang-Yu Chen
- Qin ritual bronze: impact from the Central Plains and the South / Liu Yang
- Foreign/Eurasian elements in pre-imperial Qin culture: materials, techniques and types / Jenny F. So
- Archaeological finds of the Majiayuan Cemetery and Qin's interaction with Steppe cultures / Wang Hui
- Contributors.
- Section headings: Inheritance, innovation, and politics in Qin art
- City, burial, and ritual
- Qin history, culture, and art: new light shed by archaeological finds
- Qin's interaction with other cultures.
- Notes:
- Proceedings from a symposium organized by and held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, October 27-28, 2012. An associated exhibition entitled "China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy" was held October 28, 2012-January 27, 2013 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and February 22-May 27, 2013 at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780989371865
- 0989371867
- OCLC:
- 895730869
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