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Record Nr.

UNISA996248055703316

Autore

Powers Martin J.

Titolo

Pattern and Person : Ornament, Society, and Self in Classical China / / Martin J. Powers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2006

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006

ISBN

1-68417-429-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 374 p. ) : ill. (some col.) ;

Collana

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; ; 262

Disciplina

745.095109014

Soggetti

Decoration and ornament - China - History - Qin-Han dynasties, 221 BC-220 AD - Themes, motives

Decoration and ornament - China - History - To 221 BC - Themes, motives

Decorative arts - Social aspects - China

Self-perception in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliogr. p. [355]-367.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Graphic Patterns and Social Order -- Style -- Terms of Craft -- Abstraction -- Craft -- Government -- Labor, Invention, and "Taste" -- Craft and Political Theory -- Ornament and Identity -- Bureaucracy and Agency -- The Politics of Personhood -- Patterns, Pictures, and Fractals -- The Laws of Nature -- Nature and Society -- Identity and Possession -- Sources of Self -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.