Beyond The First Emperor's Mausoleum: New Perspectives on Qin Art / edited by Liu Yang ; foreword, Kaywin Feldman

Object Details

Author

Beyond The First Emperor's Mausoleum: New Perspectives on Qin Art (2012 : Minneapolis Institute of Arts)

editor

Liu, Yang 1961-

writer of preface

Feldman, Kaywin

sponsoring body

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Subject

Qin shi huang Emperor of China 259 B.C.-210 B.C Tomb

Proceedings from a symposium organized by and held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, October 27-28, 2012. An associated exhibition entitled "China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy" was held October 28, 2012-January 27, 2013 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and February 22-May 27, 2013 at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.

Contents

Foreword / Kaywin Feldman -- Introduction / Liu Yang -- Defining Qin artistic traditions: heritage, borrowing, and innovation / Alain Thote -- Artistic naturalism and bureaucratic theory / Martin Powers -- Qin cosmography and the first cosmic capital, Xianyang / David Pankenier -- Afterlife entertainment? The cauldron and bare-torso figures at the First Emperor's tomb / Eugene Wang -- Imagining the tomb of the First Emperor of China / Anthony Barbieri-Low -- The Qin Biannian ji and the beginnings of historical writing in China / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- Cinnabar and mercury industry of Qin and early China / Kuang-Yu Chen -- Qin ritual bronze: impact from the Central Plains and the South / Liu Yang -- Foreign/Eurasian elements in pre-imperial Qin culture: materials, techniques and types / Jenny F. So -- Archaeological finds of the Majiayuan Cemetery and Qin's interaction with Steppe cultures / Wang Hui -- Contributors

Section headings: Inheritance, innovation, and politics in Qin art -- City, burial, and ritual -- Qin history, culture, and art: new light shed by archaeological finds -- Qin's interaction with other cultures

2014

Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C

Type

Congresses

Physical description

240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 31 cm

Place

China

Xianyang Shi

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Art, Chinese

Cosmology, Chinese--History

City planning--History

Chinese literature--History

Cinnabar--History

Mercury industry and trade--History

Bronzes, Chinese--History

Art--Foreign influences--History

Excavations (Archaeology)

Civilization

History

Antiquities

Record ID

siris_sil_1037671

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