Design by the Book: Chinese Ritual Objects and the Sanli Tu - Brossura

Louis, François

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ISBN 10: 1941792103 ISBN 13: 9781941792100

Casa editrice: Bard Graduate Center, 2017

Riassunto

Today, China’s classical antiquity is often studied through recovered artifacts, but before this practice became widespread, scholars instead reconstructed the distant past through classical texts and transmitted illustrations. Among the most important illustrated commentaries was the Sanli tu, or Illustrations to the Ritual Classics, whose origins are said to date back to the great commentator Zheng Xuan. Design by the Book, which accompanies an exhibition at Bard Graduate Center Gallery, discusses the history and cultural significance of the Sanli tu in medieval China.

The Sanli tu survives in a version produced around 960 by Nie Chongyi, a professor at the court of the Later Zhou (951–960) and Northern Song (960–1127) dynasties. It is now mostly remembered—if at all—for its controversial entries and as a quaint predecessor of the more empirical antiquarian scholarship produced since the mid-eleventh century. But such criticism hides the fact that the book remained a standard resource for more than 150 years, playing a crucial role in the Song dynasty’s perception of ancient ritual and construction of a Confucian state cult. Richly illustrated, Design by the Book brings renewed focus to one of China’s most fascinating medieval works. 
 

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Informazioni sull'autore

François Louis is associate professor of Chinese art and material culture at Bard Graduate Center in New York City.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bard Graduate Center
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1941792103
• ISBN 13: 9781941792100
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 180
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile