Treasures from The Bronze Age of China

An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China

The Metropolitean Museum of Art 1980

Stron 192, format:  22x28 cm, papier kredowy

105 kolorowych i 12 czarno-białych ilustracji

Stan dobry plus, bez defektów.

This beautiful book describes and interprets the spectacular works of art presented in the superb current exhibition lent to five American museums by the People's Republic of China. More than 125 pages of color plates illustrate each of the ancient ceremonial bronzes and jades, together with eight amazing, life-size terracotta warriors and horses that were buried with the ruler who unified China in 221 b.c. The text not only describes some of the most important recent archaeological discoveries in China, but also provides a general introduction to the extraordinary accomplishments of the 1,500-year-long Chinese Bronze Age, and interesting, detailed information about each object in the exhibition.

Contents


Preface Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Map
The Beginnings of the Bronze Age: The Erlitou Culture Period
(First Half of the Second Millennium b.c)
Vigorous Development:
The Zhengzhou Phase (The Erligang Period) (Mid-Second Millennium b.c)
The Spread of Shang Culture:
The Appearance and Growth of Regional Bronze-Using Cultures (15th—11th Centuries b.c)
A Classic Period in the Bronze Art: The High Yinxu Phase (Anyang Period) (About 1300-About 1030 b.c)
Unrestrained Invention:
The Rise of the Western Zhou Dynasty (Late llth-Early 10th Century b.c.)
Patterns and Interlace:
Transformation of the Bronze Art in Later Western Zhou (Late 10th Century-771 b.c)
Variety and Freshness:
New Departures in Eastern Zhou Bronze Designs The Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 b.c)
Splendor and Sophistication:
The Inlaid Bronzes of the Warring States Period (475-221 b.c.)
The Waning of the Bronze Age:
The Western Han Period (206 b.c-a.d. 8) 10  The Terracotta Army
of the First Emperor of Qin (221-206 b.c)
Color Plates
Catalogue