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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alice Bianchi , Lyce JankowskiPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 2 Weight: 0.601kg ISBN: 9789004521339ISBN 10: 900452133 Pages: 332 Publication Date: 27 October 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 IndexReviewsAuthor InformationAlice Bianchi, Ph.D. (2014), Inalco, is Associate Professor of Chinese Art History at the Université Paris Cité. She has published several articles on Chinese art, including “Picturing Disaster in Late Imperial China: The Liumin tu Tradition and Its Transformations” (Journal of Oriental Studies, 2021) Lyce Jankowski, Ph.D. (2012), Paris-Sorbonne University, is Curator of Extra-European art at the Royal Museum of Mariemont. She authored Les Amis des monnaies – La sociabilité savante des collectionneurs et numismates chinois de la fin des Qing, (2018). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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