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Article: The Problem of Meaning in Early Chinese Ritual Bronzes.
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
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Abundantly illustrated, this handsome volume publishes the papers delivered at the fifteenth Percival David Foundation Colloquy on the Art and Archaeology of Asia, held in June 1990 at S.O.A.S. The topic central to all of the papers is how far (if at all) can "meaning" be discovered in the designs and symbols that decorate Shang and Zhou bronzes. Some forty years ago Max Loehr proposed a scheme of analysis for the stylistic development of Shang bronzes, prudently emphasizing questions of visual, surface ornament over the intangibles of philosophy, world-view, and Zeitgeist. Following in the wake of the endless Chinese archaeological excavations of recent decades, many ...
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