Overview
- Provides a complete history of Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Qing Dynasty
- Summarizes the spiritual pursuits and aesthetic conceptions of the Chinese literati embodied in ceramics
- Presents a trading history of Chinese ceramics with Chinese culture spread all over the world
Part of the book series: China Academic Library (CHINALIBR)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (11 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Adopting the perspective of anthropology of art and combining it with global academic insights, this book helps the readers to recognize that “history is, in great measure, the record of human activity which spreads from the local to the regional, from the regional to the global, and from the global to the universal.” Readers will learn that China was not only the first country to create porcelain, but also the first to export it to the world, both the products and its techniques. Therefore, the history of Chinese ceramics reflects the history of Chinese foreign trade on the one hand and depicts the expansion of Chinese ceramic techniques and cultures on the other. In addition to ceramics types, molds, decoration, and techniques, the book analyzes the spiritual impacts and aesthetic conceptions embodied in the utensils of daily use by the Chinese literati. Therefore, it reaches the conclusion that ideological systems and not technological systems are what bring about social revolutions. In addition, the book is richly illustrated with pictures of earthenware and finely glazed pieces from later periods.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Tsinghua-educated, Fang Lili has studied under the guidance of Fei Xiaotong and paid her attention to ceramics against a global background. She serves as President of China Society of Anthropology of Arts, and Director of Anthropology of Arts Research Institute, Chinese National Academy of Arts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The History of Chinese Ceramics
Authors: Lili Fang
Translated by: Lin Ma
Series Title: China Academic Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9094-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9093-9Published: 22 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-9096-0Published: 23 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-9094-6Published: 21 April 2023
Series ISSN: 2195-1853
Series E-ISSN: 2195-1861
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LIV, 1138
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 814 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Sponsored by Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Topics: Archaeology, Arts, Asian History, Social History, Historiography and Method, World History, Global and Transnational History