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Art, Archaeology & Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Chinese Archaeological & Artistic Materials
Meili Yang
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AC; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 253 x 15. Weight in Grams: 496.
Science has played a crucial role in the initial stages of westerners' collecting and studying ancient Chinese artworks and archaeological materials. The relevant scientific data were quickly generated using progressively sophisticated examination techniques. But the task of integrating scientific data with archaeological and art historical resources, and developing a workable interdisciplinary study method, has lagged behind scientific endeavor. Part One of this book explores the modes and functions of the scientific resources available and their integration into interdisciplinary study methods and models; pre-war researchers particularly emphasized that their studies of Chinese artistic/archaeological materials were scientific. Improvements in precision and advanced ... Read more
Science has played a crucial role in the initial stages of westerners' collecting and studying ancient Chinese artworks and archaeological materials. The relevant scientific data were quickly generated using progressively sophisticated examination techniques. But the task of integrating scientific data with archaeological and art historical resources, and developing a workable interdisciplinary study method, has lagged behind scientific endeavor. Part One of this book explores the modes and functions of the scientific resources available and their integration into interdisciplinary study methods and models; pre-war researchers particularly emphasized that their studies of Chinese artistic/archaeological materials were scientific. Improvements in precision and advanced ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845197339
SKU
V9781845197339
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99-50
About Meili Yang
Meili Yang served as a senior curator in the Department of Antiquities in the National Palace Museum at Taipei from 1983 to 2006. She received her MA in Chinese Art History from National Taiwan University in 1983. Since 2007, she has studied heritage conservation science and archaeology in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and School of Anthropology at ... Read more
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