Metalworking in Bronze Age China - The Lost-Wax Process

Metalworking in Bronze Age China is the first study that adopts a comprehensive, thorough, and interdisciplinary approach toward early Chinese lost-wax castings. It shows that the dominant belief that the lost-wax process as the optimal method for casting bronzes deserves more rigorous examination. In a broader sense, the book provides a study on the "norms," which are seldom questioned. By examining the reasons why Chinese founders often chose not to use the lost-wax process they had clearly mastered, the book refutes the idea that lost-wax technology is the only "right way" to cast bronzes. This study demonstrates that a "norm" is in many ways an illusion that twists our comprehension of art, technology, civilization, and history.
This book is in the Cambria Sinophone World Series, headed by Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania).
*Includes 225 images.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peng Peng
• Edition: Cambria Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 06.03.2020
• EAN: 9781604979626
• ISBN: 978-1-60497-962-6
• Pages: 514
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 35 mm
• Poids: 977 g
• Thème: Cambria Sinophone World Series
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Histoire de l'art