Material Culture, Power, and Identity in Ancient China

Informationen zum Autor Xiaolong Wu is Associate Professor of Art History at Hanover College, Indiana. He received his BA in Chinese archaeology from Beijing University and his PhD in Art History from the University of Pittsburgh. His research interest focuses on the material culture of late Bronze Age China and its interactions with the Eurasian Steppe, and issues related to ethnicity, hybridity, agency, and political power. Klappentext This book is a comprehensive and in-depth study of a mysterious state of China's Warring States Period (476-221 BCE): the Zhongshan. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive study of a mysterious state in ancient China offers fresh new perspectives for interpreting the history! archaeology! and art of China's late Bronze Age. The careful scrutiny of the splendid bronze artefacts and their inscriptions reveal fascinating messages related to power and identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Historical setting and approaches to the study of an ancient state in Warring States China; 2. Life, death, and identity in Zhongshan: sorting out the archaeological evidence; 3. Royal mortuary practice and artifacts: hybridity, identity, and power; 4. Inter-state politics and artistic innovation during the reign of King Cuo; 5. Statecraft and Zhongshan bronze inscriptions; 6. Funerary architecture, kingly power, and court politics; Conclusion; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Xiaolong Wu, Xiaolong (Hanover College Wu, Wu Xiaolong
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2017
• EAN: 9781107134027
• ISBN: 978-1-107-13402-7
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; History, ART / Ceramics, HISTORY / Asia / General, ART / History / General, Ceramic arts, pottery, glass, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ART / Asian / General, ART / Glass, History of Art, Archaeology, East Asia, Far East, Asian History, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Oriental art, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks