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Author:   Jeffrey Moser
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Edition:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.107kg
ISBN:  

9780226822464

ISBN 10:   022682246
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   20 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Conundrum of the Chalice    Making Facture Sensible    A Tale of Three Modes    On the Matter of Antiquarianism Part I. The Lexical Picture 1. Names as Implements    Nature as Convention    The Revelation of Writing 2. Picturing Names    The Complexity of Yellow    The Art of Restoration    The Hermeneutics of Picturing    Monumental Designs Part II. The Empirical Impression 3. The Style of Antiquity    Empty Seats and Wandering Ways    Trunks and Branches    Past as Present    The Fragility of Stone    The Failure of Confucius 4. Agents of Change    Erasure and Its Discontents    The Pacification of Huaixi    Recarving a Stele    The Reassuring Trace    The Indexical Hermeneutic    Bronzes as Indexical Things 5: Nominal Empiricism    Conversing with Things    The Sparrow in the Cup    How the Bell Tolls Part III. The Schematic Thing 6: Substance into Schema    Two into One    The Novelty of Antiquity    Bronzes as Schemata 7: Nominal Casting    Facture after Failure    Conclusion Acknowledgments Chinese Texts Glossary Notes Works Cited Index

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Nominal Things is a groundbreaking philosophical study of medieval Chinese ritual vessels. It makes clear why such objects were of central cultural importance at the time and why their history should be anything but marginalized in contemporary literary and visual theory. Questioning the value of Western art historical concepts such as representation, Moser devises a new theoretical framework that follows the medieval Confucian discourse on illustrated lexicographic texts and the interpretation of classical bronzes. -- Francois Louis, Bard Graduate Center This is an elegantly argued, well-written, and quite brilliant book. Moser marshals the full panoply of advanced critical methods in the contemporary humanities while engaging with a significant phenomenon in Chinese history: the revival of interest in antiquity during the Song period. Nominal Things is unquestionably a remarkable achievement. -- Lothar von Falkenhausen, University of California, Los Angeles

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Jeffrey Moser is assistant professor of history of art and architecture at Brown University.  

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