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    The Social Lives of Chinese Objects

    The Social Lives of Chinese Objects by Bianchi, Alice; Jankowski, Lyce;

    Series: European Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology; 2;

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    • Publisher BRILL
    • Date of Publication 27 October 2022

    • ISBN 9789004521339
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages332 pages
    • Size 235x155 mm
    • Weight 601 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    The Social Lives of Chinese Objects is the first anthology of texts to apply Arjun Appadurai?s well-known argument on the social life of things to the discussion of artefacts made in China.

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    The Social Lives of Chinese Objects is the first anthology of texts to apply Arjun Appadurai?s well-known argument on the social life of things to the discussion of artefacts made in China. The essays in this book look at objects as ?things-in-motion,? a status that brings attention to the history of transmissions ensuing after the time and conditions of their production. How does the identity of an object change as a consequence of geographical relocation and/ or temporal transference? How do the intentions of the individuals responsible for such transfers affect the later status and meaning of these objects? The materiality of the things analyzed in this book, and visualized by a rich array of illustrations, varies from bronze to lacquered wood, from clay to porcelain, and includes painting, imperial clothing, and war spoils. Metamorphoses of value, status, and function as well as the connections with the individuals who managed them, such as collectors, museum curators, worshipers, and soldiers are also considered as central to the discussion of their life. Presenting a broader and more contextual reading than that traditionally adopted by art-historical scholarship, the essays in this book take on a multidisciplinary approach that helps to expose crucial elements in the life of these Chinese things and brings to light the cumulative motives making them relevant and meaningful to our present time.

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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgments


    List of Figures, Chart and Tables


    Notes on Contributors





    Introduction


    Alice Bianchi and Lyce Jankowski





    Part 1: Reconsidering Object Categories




    1 The Afterlife of Mingqi: Relational Meaning in Underground Tombs


    Bonnie Cheng





    2 From Ritual to Colonial Fantasies. Chinese Ritual Objects as Part of Western Collections of Asian Art in the First Half of the Twentieth Century


    Michaela Pejcochova





    3 Contemporary Art and Colonial Collecting: Huang Yong Ping?s Reinstallation of J.J.M. de Groot?s Panthéon Chinois from the Lyon Musée des Confluences


    Francesca Dal Lago





    Part 2: Questioning the Narratives of Objects Biographies




    4 Materiality as Objecthood in a Buddhist Clay Tablet: From Calligraphic Style to an Imaginary Encounter with Dunhuang


    Foong Ping





    5 Chinese Zodiac: The Social Life of the Yuanming Yuan?s Circle of Animals Fountain Heads


    Ines Eben von Racknitz





    Part 3: Opening New Perspectives




    6 Reevaluating Chinese Landscape Iconography: Painting and Poetry of Meditation during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries


    Cédric Laurent





    7 A World Dotted with Kingfisher Blue: Feather Tributes and the Qing Court


    Wang Lianming





    8 Portraits on China: Porcelain Portraits and Photoceramics from China in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries


    Lee Wing Ki





    Bibliography


    Index

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