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Title
The history of Chinese ceramics / Lili Fang.
Uniform Title
Zhongguo tao ci shi lu. English
ISBN
9789811990946 (electronic bk.)
9811990948 (electronic bk.)
9789811990939
981199093X
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (liv, 1138 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-9094-6 doi
Call Number
NK4165
Dewey Decimal Classification
738.0951
Summary
Adopting the perspective of anthropology of art and combining it with global academic insights, this book helps the readers to recognize that "history is, in great measure, the record of human activity which spreads from the local to the regional, from the regional to the global, and from the global to the universal." Readers will learn that China was not only the first country to create porcelain, but also the first to export it to the world, both the products and its techniques. Therefore, the history of Chinese ceramics reflects the history of Chinese foreign trade on the one hand and depicts the expansion of Chinese ceramic techniques and cultures on the other. In addition to ceramics types, molds, decoration, and techniques, the book analyzes the spiritual impacts and aesthetic conceptions embodied in the utensils of daily use by the Chinese literati. Therefore, it reaches the conclusion that ideological systems and not technological systems are what bring about social revolutions. In addition, the book is richly illustrated with pictures of earthenware and finely glazed pieces from later periods.
Note
Includes index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 25, 2023).
Series
China academic library, 2195-1861
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9789811990939
Earthenware of the Neolithic Period
Ceramics of the Xia and Shang Dynasties
Ceramics of the Zhou Dynasty
Ceramics of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period
Ceramics of the Qin and Han Dynasties
Ceramics of the Wei, Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties
Ceramics of the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties
Ceramics of the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties
Ceramics of the Yuan Dynasty
Ceramics of the Ming Dynasty
Ceramics of the Qing Dynasty.
