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Design by the book : Chinese ritual objects and the Sanli tu / François Louis.
Author
Louis, François, 1963-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York City : Bard Graduate Center, [2017]
Description
xvi, 180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
DS741.65.N543 L68 2017
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Subject(s)
Rites and ceremonies
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China
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History
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To 1500
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China
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Social life and customs
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To 221 B.C.
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China
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Social life and customs
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221 B.C.-960 A.D.
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Nie, Chongyi active 10th century
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San li tu.
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Host institution
Bard Graduate Center Gallery
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Exhibition catalogs
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Getty AAT genre
exhibition catalogs
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Summary note
"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 court of the Later Zhou (951-960) and Northern Song (960-1127) dynasties. It is now mostly remembered--if at all--for its controversial entries and as a quaint predecessor of the more empirical antiquarian scholarship produced since the mid-eleventh century. But such criticism hides the fact that the book remained a standard resource for more than 150 years, playing a crucial role in the Song dynasty's perception of ancient ritual and construction of a Confucian state cult. Richly illustrated, Design by the Book brings renewed focus to one of China's most fascinating medieval works" -- Provided by publisher.
Notes
Catalogue published in conjunction with exhibition at Bard Graduate Center Gallery from March 24-July 30, 2017.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index.
Contents
Part I. The Sanli tu in Medieval China: A Cultural Biography
Politics and Confucian Ritual in the 950s
Redesigning the State Ritual Paraphernalia and Compiling the Sanli tu
Tang Remains
Didactics and Dynastic Propaganda
Revisions and Early Antiquarianism
Rejection, Preservation, Ambivalence
Part II. Ritual Objects in the Exhibition.
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Chinese ritual objects and the Sanli tu
ISBN
9781941792100 ((paperback))
1941792103 ((paperback))
LCCN
2016027706
OCLC
944087189
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