Metalworking in bronze age China : the lost-wax process /
"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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amherst, New York :
Cambria Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Cambria sinophone world series.
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| Summary: | "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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| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 477 pages, 220 numbered pages of plates ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781604979626 1604979623 |