Metalworking in Bronze age China
the lost-wax process
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Author
Publication
2020 - Cambria Press, Amherst, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
119,250 words, Guess
Page Count
477 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101621964809
- ISBN-101621964795
- ISBN-139781621964803
- ISBN-139781621964797
- ISBN-139781604979626
and 4 more
- ISBN-101604979623
- Library of Congress Control Number2019031640
- OCLC Control Number1110679830
- Open LibraryOL44019925M
Classifications
- DDC739.5/120951
- LCCNK7983.22 .P445 2020
Description
"This is the first study that adopts a comprehensive, thorough, and interdisciplinary approach toward early Chinese lost-wax castings. With more than 80 images, this book provides a study on the "norms," which are seldom questioned. By examining the reasons why Chinese founders often chose not to use the lost-wax process they had clearly mastered, the book refutes the idea that lost-wax technology is the only "right way" to cast bronzes. This study demonstrates that a "norm" is in many ways an illusion that twists our comprehension of art, technology, civilization, and history"--
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Series Statement
- Cambria sinophone world series
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