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

• Autore: Powers Martin J.
• Pubblicazione: Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2006; Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 374 p. ) : ill. (some col.)
• Disciplina: 745.095109014
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Ornament, Society, and Self in Classical China
• Titolo autorizzato: Pattern and Person
• ISBN: 1-68417-429-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248055703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; ; 262.