Small China : early Chinese miniatures : a rediscovered cultural phenomenon
| Parallelsachtitel: |
Early Chinese miniatures |
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| 1. Verfasser: |
Jong, Koos de
, [VerfasserIn]
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
[Stuttgart] :
Arnoldsche,
[2021].
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| Umfang/Format: |
303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 30 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9783897906310 3897906317 |
| Schlagworte: | |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Chronology
- Functions
- Primary, secondary and dual functions
- Insignia : distinction and displays of power
- Fetishes and talismans : power and magic
- Jewellery : prosperity and appearance
- Clothing accessories : practical use
- Burial gifts : provisions for the afterlife
- Devotionalia : religion and commerce
- Containers : personal property and luxury
- Musical instruments : ceremony, vigilance and relaxation
- Toys : education and relaxation, children and adults
- ‘Literati objects’ : conversation pieces, collectibles and status symbols
- Seals : authority, authenticity and communication
- Materials, Techniques, Production and Trade
- Intrinsic, economic and social value, globalisation
- Jade : preciousness and distinction
- Other types of stone : as a jade substitute or because of special properties
- Bronze and brass : from one-off to series production
- Iron, lead and tin : weapons and tools, life-prolonging properties
- Gold and silver : investment and means of payment
- Ceramics : accessible to everyone
- Glass and cloisonné enamel : ‘barbaric’ luxury
- Wood : ordinary and perishable
- Ivory, other teeth, bone : from precious to cheap, the oldest script
- Lacquerware : exotic luxury item
- Other exotic materials : luxury item or medicine
- Representations and Meanings
- Repertoire
- Divine, mythical and legendary figures
- Religious objects and symbols
- People : gender, stages of life, classes and professions
- Head and mask : from sacred object to caricature
- Animals
- Mythical animals
- Landscape
- Trees, plants and flowers
- Fruits and other food
- Architecture
- Vehicles
- Weapons, tools and furniture
- Crockery
- Clothing, footwear and toiletries
- Musical instruments and playing pieces
- New Insights Applied
- Special functions and representations
- Whistles and caricatures
- Chinese toggles and Japanese netsuke
- Luxury items : small is beautiful
- Artists : strange people
- Lions : an exotic species
- Cong : sign of high quality?
- Mountains and clouds : the world at hand
- Mothers and children with deliberately broken-off heads
- Figuratively painted Cizhou miniatures
- Realistic two- and three-dimensional representations
- Collecting
- Museumisation in China, the Middle East, Europe and America
- Emergence and influence of Sinology
- Collecting practices
- Cultural heritage : trade regulation and museum codes of conduct
- Documentation and research
- Early collectors and museum collections
- Later collectors and museum collections
- Importance of pedigree
- Presentation : often a problem
- Towards new ways of presenting small objects
- Worldwide Long-Term Distribution
- China and the world in miniature
- Prehistoric miniatures
- Greek and Roman miniatures
- Western European miniatures
- Miniatures in modern times
- Global interactions
