Title & Author:

The great bronze age of China : an exhibition from the People's Republic of China / edited by Wen Fong ; introductory essays by Ma Chengyuan [and others] ; catalogue by Robert W. Bagley, Jenny F. So, Maxwell K. Hearn.

Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, 1980.

Description:

386 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm

Notes:
Fold sheet (map) as insert.
"Originally published in the United States by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Alfred A. Knopf Inc., New York, in conjunction with the exhibition "The great bronze age of China" held in the United States, 1980-81"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-385) and index.
The splendor of ancient Chinese bronzes / Ma Chengyuan -- The study of Chinese Bronze Age arts : methods and approaches / Wen Fong -- The Chinese Bronze Age : a modern synthesis / Kwang-chih Chang -- Burial practices of Bronze Age China / Robert L. Thorp -- The beginnings of the Bronze Age : the Erlitou culture period / Robert W. Bagley -- The Zhengzhou phase (the Erligang period) / Robert W. Bagley -- The appearance and growth of regional bronze-using cultures / Robert W. Bagley -- The high Yinxu phase (Anyang period) / Robert W. Bagley -- The rise of the western Zhou dynasty / Robert W. Bagley -- Transformation of the bronze art in later western Zhou / Robert W. Bagley -- New departures in eastern Zhou bronze designs : the spring and autumn period / Jenny F. So -- The inlaid bronzes of the warring states period / Jenny F. So -- The waning of the Bronze Age : the western Han period (206 B.C.-A.D. 8) / Jenny F. So -- The terracotta army of the first emperor of Qin (221-206 B.C.) / Maxwell K. Hearn.

ISBN:

0500233179
9780500233177

Subject:

Bronzes, Chinese To 221 B.C. Exhibitions.
Bronzes, Chinese Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D. Exhibitions.
Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D. Exhibitions.
Bronzes chinois Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C. Expositions.
Bronzes chinois 221 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynasties des Qin et des Han) Expositions.
Terres cuites chinoises 221 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynasties des Qin et des Han) Expositions.
20.42 Chinese art.
Bronzes, Chinese.
Bronzes, Chinese Qin-Han dynasties.
Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese Qin-Han dynasties.
China.
Museums New York (City). Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exhibits: Chinese bronze artefacts, B.C. 2205-A.D. 8.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Fong, Wen.
Ma, Chengyuan.
Bagley, Robert W.
So, Jenny F.
Hearn, Maxwell K.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 72559
Call No.: 9570 W14041 EXHX; ID:86-B12017
Status: Available