Chinese Cultural Treasures
Title | Chinese Cultural Treasures PDF eBook |
Author | Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan |
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Release | 1967 |
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Tools and Treasures of Ancient China
Title | Tools and Treasures of Ancient China PDF eBook |
Author | Candice Ransom |
Publisher | LernerClassroom |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2014-02-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1467723800 |
Have you ever worn silk? Eaten Rice? Used a calendar? All these things came from ancient China. More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Chinese invented tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Chinese lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
The Compensations of Plunder
Title | The Compensations of Plunder PDF eBook |
Author | Justin M. Jacobs |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2020-07-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 022671201X |
From the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely regarded as stolen from their countries of origin, and demands for their repatriation grow louder by the day. In The Compensations of Plunder, Justin M. Jacobs brings to light the historical context of the exodus of cultural treasures from northwestern China. Based on a close analysis of previously neglected archives in English, French, and Chinese, Jacobs finds that many local elites in China acquiesced to the removal of art and antiquities abroad, understanding their trade as currency for a cosmopolitan elite. In the decades after the 1911 Revolution, however, these antiquities went from being “diplomatic capital” to disputed icons of the emerging nation-state. A new generation of Chinese scholars began to criminalize the prior activities of archaeologists, erasing all memory of the pragmatic barter relationship that once existed in China. Recovering the voices of those local officials, scholars, and laborers who shaped the global trade in antiquities, The Compensations of Plunder brings historical grounding to a highly contentious topic in modern Chinese history and informs heated debates over cultural restitution throughout the world.
Chinese Cultural Treasures
Title | Chinese Cultural Treasures PDF eBook |
Author | Taipei. National Palace Museum |
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Pages | 115 |
Release | 1967 |
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Magnificent China
Title | Magnificent China PDF eBook |
Author | Petra Häring-Kuan |
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Pages | 480 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | China |
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Possessing the Past
Title | Possessing the Past PDF eBook |
Author | 國立故宮博物院 |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 666 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0810964945 |
A major scholarly work, published in conjunction with the exhibition titled "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei" (on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during 1996, and scheduled for several other American cities during 1996-1997). Written by scholars of both Chinese and Western cultural backgrounds and conceived as a cultural history, the book synthesizes scholarship of the past three decades to present the historical and cultural significance of individual works of art and analyses of their aesthetic content, as well as reevaluation of the cultural dynamics of Chinese history. Includes some 600 illustrations, 436 in color. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Chinese Cultural Art Treasures
Title | Chinese Cultural Art Treasures PDF eBook |
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Pages | 296 |
Release | 1971 |
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