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Design by the Book - Chinese Ritual Objects and the Sanli Tu
Francois Louis
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Description for Design by the Book - Chinese Ritual Objects and the Sanli Tu
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; ACK; HBJF; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Today, China's classical antiquity is often studied through recovered artifacts, but before this practice became widespread, scholars instead reconstructed the distant past through classical texts and transmitted illustrations. Among the most important illustrated commentaries was the Sanli tu, or Illustrations to the Ritual Classics, whose origins are said to date back to the great commentator Zheng Xuan. Design by the Book, which accompanies an exhibition at Bard Graduate Center Gallery, discusses the history and cultural significance of the Sanli tu in medieval China. The Sanli tu survives in a version produced around 960 by Nie Chongyi, a professor at the ... Read more
Today, China's classical antiquity is often studied through recovered artifacts, but before this practice became widespread, scholars instead reconstructed the distant past through classical texts and transmitted illustrations. Among the most important illustrated commentaries was the Sanli tu, or Illustrations to the Ritual Classics, whose origins are said to date back to the great commentator Zheng Xuan. Design by the Book, which accompanies an exhibition at Bard Graduate Center Gallery, discusses the history and cultural significance of the Sanli tu in medieval China. The Sanli tu survives in a version produced around 960 by Nie Chongyi, a professor at the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781941792100
SKU
V9781941792100
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99-15
About Francois Louis
Francois Louis is associate professor of the history of Chinese design and visual culture at Bard Graduate Center in New York City.
Reviews for Design by the Book - Chinese Ritual Objects and the Sanli Tu
This exciting and long-awaited study of the Sanli tu constitutes the first dedicated discussion of a book that is profoundly relevant to our understanding of the historical development of Chinese material culture.
Jeffrey Moser, Brown University
Jeffrey Moser, Brown University