Author: Nathan DUNN
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Languages : en
Pages : 208
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“Ten Thousand Chinese Things” ... Eighty-fourth Thousand
Author: Nathan DUNN
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Ten Thousand Things
Author: Lothar Ledderose
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691252882
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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An incomparable look at how Chinese artists have used mass production to assemble exquisite objects from standardized parts Chinese workers in the third century BC created seven thousand life-sized terracotta soldiers to guard the tomb of the First Emperor. In the eleventh century AD, Chinese builders constructed a pagoda from as many as thirty thousand separately carved wooden pieces. As these examples show, throughout history, Chinese artisans have produced works of art in astonishing quantities, and have done so without sacrificing quality, affordability, or speed of manufacture. In this book, Lothar Ledderose takes us on a remarkable tour of Chinese art and culture to explain how artists used complex systems of mass production to assemble extraordinary objects from standardized parts or modules. He reveals how these systems have deep roots in Chinese thought and reflect characteristically Chinese modes of social organization. Combining invaluable aesthetic and cultural insights with a rich variety of illustrations, Ten Thousand Things make a profound statement about Chinese art and society.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691252882
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
An incomparable look at how Chinese artists have used mass production to assemble exquisite objects from standardized parts Chinese workers in the third century BC created seven thousand life-sized terracotta soldiers to guard the tomb of the First Emperor. In the eleventh century AD, Chinese builders constructed a pagoda from as many as thirty thousand separately carved wooden pieces. As these examples show, throughout history, Chinese artisans have produced works of art in astonishing quantities, and have done so without sacrificing quality, affordability, or speed of manufacture. In this book, Lothar Ledderose takes us on a remarkable tour of Chinese art and culture to explain how artists used complex systems of mass production to assemble extraordinary objects from standardized parts or modules. He reveals how these systems have deep roots in Chinese thought and reflect characteristically Chinese modes of social organization. Combining invaluable aesthetic and cultural insights with a rich variety of illustrations, Ten Thousand Things make a profound statement about Chinese art and society.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
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Yu Yen Tzu Erh Chi: a Progressive Course of Colloquial Chinese as Spoken in the Captical and the Metropolitan Department. 2d Ed
Author: Thomas Francis Wade
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Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Languages : en
Pages : 544
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Wên-chien Tzǔ-erh Chi
Author: Thomas Francis Wade
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature
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Languages : en
Pages : 1060
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Languages : en
Pages : 1060
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature
Author: Thomas Stewart Traill
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 948
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 948
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Thomas Stewart Traill
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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The National Magazine
Author: Abel Stevens
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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