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Pattern and person : ornament, society, and self in classical China
Martin Joseph Powers, 1949-
LCCN 2006008313, NBN GBA699922, ISBN 0674021398 · (cl ;, alk. paper), ISBN 9780674021396 · (cl ;, alk. paper), EAN 9780674021396, Identifikator 99815647228
utgivning
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2006xvi, 374 pages
Seriemedlemskap
Harvard East Asian monographs · Harvard East Asian monographs ; 262262.Martin J. Powers
Bok
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ämne
Decoration and ornament--China--History--To 221 B.C.--Themes, motives., Decoration and ornament--China--History--Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.--Themes, motives., Decorative arts--Social aspects--China., Self-perception in art., Decoration and ornament--China--History--To 221 B.C., Decoration and ornament--China--History--Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D., Décoration et ornement--Chine--Histoire--Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C., Décoration et ornement--Chine--Histoire--221 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynasties des Qin et des Han), Arts décoratifs--Aspect social--Chine., Perception de soi dans l'art., Décoration et ornement--Chine--Histoire--Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C.--Thèmes, motifs., Décoration et ornement--Chine--Histoire--221 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynasties des Qin et des Han)--Thèmes, motifs., Decoration and ornament--Qin-Han dynasties, Decoration and ornament, Decoration and ornament--Themes, motives, Decorative arts--Social aspects, Self-perception in art, China, Gesellschaft, Individuum, Kunsthandwerk, Kölner Künstlervereinigung Stil, China, Stil, Self-perception in art., Decoration and ornament--China--History--To 221 B.C.--Themes, motives., Decoration and ornament--China--History--Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.--Themes, motives., Decorative arts--Social aspects--China., To 220, Geschichte 600 v. Chr.-221 v. Chr.Annat bärarformat
Pattern and person. (Online version:)Sammanfattning
"In Classical China, crafted artifacts offered a material substrate for abstract thought, as graphic paradigms for social relationships. Focusing on the 5th to 2nd centuries B.C., Martin Powers explores how these paradigms continued to inform social thought long after the material substrate had been abandoned. In this detailed study, the author makes the claim that artifacts are never neutral: as distinctive possessions, each object - through the abstracting function of style - offers a material template for scales of value. Likewise, through style, pictorial forms can make claims about material "referents," the things depicted. By manipulating these scales and their referents, artifacts can shape the way status, social role, or identity is understood and enforced. The result is a kind of "spatial epistemology" within which the identities of persons are constructed. Powers thereby posits a relationship between art and society that operates at a level deeper than iconography, attributes, or social institutions."--Jacket.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction. Graphic patterns and social order -- 1. Style -- 2. Terms of craft -- 3. Abstraction -- 4. Craft -- 5. Government -- 6. Labor, invention, and "taste" -- 7. Craft and political theory -- 8. Ornament and identity -- 9. Bureaucracy and agency -- 10. The politics of personhood -- 11. Patterns, pictures, and fractals -- 12. The laws of nature -- 13. Nature and society -- 14. Identity and possession -- Epilogue. Sources of self.
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Martin Joseph Powers, 1949-Identifikator
LCCN 2006008313, NBN GBA699922, ISBN 0674021398 · (cl ;, alk. paper), ISBN 9780674021396 · (cl ;, alk. paper), EAN 9780674021396, Identifikator 99815647228har titel
Pattern and person : ornament, society, and self in classical Chinaupphovsuppgift
Martin J. Powersutgivning
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2006omfång
xvi, 374 pagesanmärkning
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-367) and index.
Mått
24 cm.Övriga fysiska detaljer
illustrations (some color)Illustrativt innehåll
Illustrationer finns men typen specificeras ejklassifikation
NK1483.A1 (LC-klassifikation)Annat bärarformat
Pattern and person. (Online version:)Seriemedlemskap
Harvard East Asian monographs · Harvard East Asian monographs ; 262262.Villkor för användning och åtkomst
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