Metalworking in Bronze age China the lost-wax process
What is lost-wax casting? -- Metalworking in Bronze age China -- Was lost-wax casting used in Bronze age China? -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings I: the Xiasi Jin -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings II: certain "diatrete" vessels and mirrors -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings I...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Amherst, New York
Cambria Press
2020
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambria Sinophone world series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | What is lost-wax casting? -- Metalworking in Bronze age China -- Was lost-wax casting used in Bronze age China? -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings I: the Xiasi Jin -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings II: certain "diatrete" vessels and mirrors -- Further confirmed lost-wax castings III: objects with "interpenetrating" openwork appendages -- Design as the driving force -- The origin of the lost-wax technique in Bronze age China -- Coda: additional issues and comments "This is the first study that adopts a comprehensive, thorough, and interdisciplinary approach toward early Chinese lost-wax castings. With more than 80 images, this 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." |
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| Beschreibung: | xxxiv, 477 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781604979626 978-1-60497-962-6 |