Rethinking Recarving: Ideals, Practices, and Problems of the "Wu Family Shrines" and Han China (Publications of the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University)

ISBN 10: 0300137044 / ISBN 13: 9780300137040

Editore: Princeton University Art Museum, 2008

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Riassunto:

The "Wu Family Shrines" pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China (206 BCE–220 CE) are among the earliest works of Chinese art examined in an international arena. Since the eleventh century, the carvings have been identified by scholars as one of the most valuable and authentic materials for the study of antiquity. This important book presents essays by archaeologists, art and architectural historians, curators, and historians that reexamine the carvings, adding to our understanding of the long cultural history behind them and to our knowledge of Han practices.

 

The authors offer a thorough analysis of surviving physical and visual sources, invoking fresh perspectives from new disciplines.  Essays address the ideals, practices, and problems of the "Wu Family Shrines" and Han China; Han funerary art and architecture in Shandong and other regions; architectural functions and carved meanings; Qing Dynasty Reception of the Wu Family Shrines; and more.

Distributed for the Princeton University Art Museum

Informazioni sugli autori: Cary Y. Liu is curator of Asian art, Princeton University Art Museum, and coauthor of Recarving China’s Past.

Cary Y. Liu is curator of Asian art, Princeton University Art Museum, and coauthor of Recarving China’s Past (Yale).

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Titolo: Rethinking Recarving: Ideals, Practices, and...
Casa editrice: Princeton University Art Museum
Data di pubblicazione: 2008
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Very Good