An inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for grinding ink, a collectible object of art, a token of exchange between friends or sovereign states, and an inscriptional surface on which texts and images are carved and reproduced. As such the inkstone is entangled with the production of elite masculinity and the culture of wen (cu...(展开全部)

本书是研究中国汉代手工艺匠人的学术著作，书中讲到的早期中国，指的是我国历史上的汉朝。 早期中国最为著名的是流传下来的璀璨夺目的手工艺品。这些兵马俑、镀金青铜灯及其他中国发掘出来的古代艺术品，常常被人认为同创造它们的社会经济背景无关联，然而，这些艺术品是由对早期中国的社会和经济做出重大贡献的人创造出来的。在本书中，作者把历史分析、碑文分析和考古分析结合起来，对中国流金溢彩的手工艺品和碑刻及其创作者，重新进行了深入地研究。作者认为，对出土文物的研究比发掘更难。 本书首次叙述了一部深刻的中国早期手工艺匠人的社会史。手工匠人是怎么生活的? 怎么学徒的？手艺工匠是自由人吗？手工艺品是谁做的？他/她为什么做这个艺术品？是怎么做出来的？怎么卖掉的或者怎么辗转落入他人之手的？在这富于吸引力和启发性的分析中，作者从多方面探讨了这些手工艺匠人的生活和劳作生涯。首先，分析...(展开全部)

Early China is best known for the dazzling material artifacts it has left behind. These terracotta figures, gilt-bronze lamps, and other material remnants of the Chinese past unearthed by archaeological excavations are often viewed without regard to the social context of their creation, yet they were made by individuals who contributed greatly to the foundations of early Chines...(展开全部)

本书是研究中国汉代手工艺匠人的学术著作，书中讲到的早期中国，指的是我国历史上的汉朝。 早期中国最为著名的是流传下来的璀璨夺目的手工艺品。这些兵马俑、镀金青铜灯及其他中国发掘出来的古代艺术品，常常被人认为同创造它们的社会经济背景无关联，然而，这些艺术品是由对早期中国的社会和经济做出重大贡献的人创造出来的。在本书中，作者把历史分析、碑文分析和考古分析结合起来，对中国流金溢彩的手工艺品和碑刻及其创作者，重新进行了深入地研究。作者认为，对出土文物的研究比发掘更难。 本书首次叙述了一部深刻的中国早期手工艺匠人的社会史。手工匠人是怎么生活的? 怎么学徒的？手艺工匠是自由人吗？手工艺品是谁做的？他/她为什么做这个艺术品？是怎么做出来的？怎么卖掉的或者怎么辗转落入他人之手的？在这富于吸引力和启发性的分析中，作者从多方面探讨了这些手工艺匠人的生活和劳作生涯。首先，分析...(展开全部)

In late imperial China, death did not always lead swiftly to burial. Across the Qing empire, coffins frequently remained in temple courtyards, storage houses, or shallow pits for months, years, even decades. These unburied bodies unsettled the social order: they were neither gone nor fully incorporated into ancestral lines, inhabiting a liminal space between presence and absenc...(展开全部)

This book examines the work of one of the most famous Chinese artists of all time. In this study, the first full-length work on Shitao in a Western language, Jonathan Hay provides a theoretically sophisticated analysis of this artist by undertaking a social history of his achievement. By focusing on different social, political, biographical, economic, religious and aesthetic is...(展开全部)

This book examines the work of one of the most famous Chinese artists of all time. In this study, the first full-length work on Shitao in a Western language, Jonathan Hay provides a theoretically sophisticated analysis of this artist by undertaking a social history of his achievement. By focusing on different social, political, biographical, economic, religious and aesthetic is...(展开全部)

For modern people, ghost stories are no more than thrilling entertainment. For those living in antiquity, ghosts were far more serious beings, as they could affect the life and death of people and cause endless fear and anxiety. How did ancient societies imagine what ghosts looked like, what they could do, and how people could deal with them? From the vantage point of modernity...(展开全部)

For modern people, ghost stories are no more than thrilling entertainment. For those living in antiquity, ghosts were far more serious beings, as they could affect the life and death of people and cause endless fear and anxiety. How did ancient societies imagine what ghosts looked like, what they could do, and how people could deal with them? From the vantage point of modernity...(展开全部)