Pattern and person : ornament, society, and self in classical China /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Powers, Martin Joseph, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2006.
Colección:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 262.
Temas:
Kölner Künstlervereinigung Stil
To 220
Geschichte 600 v. Chr.-221 v. Chr.
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.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Decoration and ornament > Themes, motives.
Decorative arts > Social aspects.
Self-perception.
Gesellschaft
Individuum
Kunsthandwerk
Stil
China.
China
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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