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NEW EXHIBITION EXAMINES THE SOCIAL LIFE OF BRONZES THROUGH THE CENTURIES
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This is a short review of the “Mirroring China's Past” exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago (February 25th–May 13th, 2018). For reference, the exhibition catalog is: Tao Wang 汪涛 et al. Mirroring China's Past: Emperors, Scholars, and Their Bronzes [吉金鑒古]. The Art Institute of Chicago, 2018. Distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London., 芝加哥藝術美院《吉金鑒古》展覽的評論。
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“These scrolls juxtapose rubbings of ancient artifacts-highly accurate records an object's texture and design-with calligraphic commentary and contemporary painting.”
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“Except for objects displayed along the wall, each work can be examined comfortably from all sides.”
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“Some objects on display show how a collector could insert himself into a famous masterpiece.”
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“In both traditions, the key was to de-familiarize the past by inserting well-known forms into an unfamiliar context or medium.”
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- Rests on an assumption: In ancient times, Classical statues served ritual purposes.
- Rests on an assumption: By Roman times, Classical statues were displayed in wealthy patricians' homes, less sacred but still religiously meaningful.
- Rests on an assumption: Early modern kings competed to build the best Classical art collections, and the nobility imitated them.
- Rests on an assumption: By the eighteenth century, middle-class collectors existed, and classicizing styles in clothing and furnishings entered the homes of educated ordinary people, both women and men.
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“For this reviewer the genius of the show lies in its ability to reveal how artists in China could reinvent the classical past in ever more sophisticated ways, moving from”
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“By the twelfth century men and women both were collecting classical vessels as masterpieces of artistry, while classicizing styles began to appear on objects of ordinary use even in the homes of middle-income families.”
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“The cases, tailor-made for the show, are understated so as not to divert attention from the objects.”
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“The labels do find amplification in short videos providing viewers with basic information about when, why, and how these objects were made.”
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“For one, they compare apples and oranges: for example, the evolution of bronze vessels in China with social or political developments elsewhere.”
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“In keeping with this object-centered aesthetic, the labels are minimalist, identifying the collection, the object, its date and little more.”
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“The cases, tailor-made for the show, are understated so as not to divert attention from the objects.”
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“At the same time, they are capacious, lending every artifact ample room.”
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“Close inspection reveals the marks of brush and ink, yet the work is truly”
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“The final act on the road to self-reflexive modernity is the last work in the show, Tai Xiangzhou's 大香洲 rendering in ink of Minister Xi's bucket (you) from Shang times.”
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“The portrayal of European history in particular is highly romanticized, while even the most significant institutional innovations in China are suppressed.”
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“Moreover, wherever possible, the works are placed so that viewers can see at least some of the inscriptions.”
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“The show concludes with Hong Hao's 洪浩 contemporary exercises in art that takes the history of art as its subject, blending painting and digital photography to insert the past into the present moment.”
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“Those desiring greater depth will find it in a catalog offering multiple essays by Tao Wang along with other top-ranking specialists in the field.”
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“The process of bronze casting, for instance, is nicely revealed in one video, while others provide context.”
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“Principally the didactic panels comparing China with other parts of the world do not display the level of scholarship evidenced in the catalog.”
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“By the twelfth century men and women both were collecting classical vessels as masterpieces of artistry, while classicizing styles began to appear on objects of ordinary use even in the homes of middle-income families.”
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“This forced viewers to rethink the hallowed object, as well as its tradition, in a new and more personal light.”
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“Collecting itself sets the stage for this transformation by ripping a ritual object, such as a Raphael Madonna or Tang Bodhisattva, from its sacred setting and putting it on display in a collector's home.”
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“Comparable transformations occurred countless times in Song China when scholars invited friends over to view their art collection, and create new art, as seen in Ma Yuan's 馬遠 Composing Poetry on a Spring Outing (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City).”
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“In such ways Chinese artists blended historical fact and personal fantasy in one, multi-media object, forcing the viewer to recognize the constructed, historical nature of all the media on display.”
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In ancient times, Classical statues served ritual purposes.
“In ancient times Classical statues also were intended for ritual purposes.”
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By Roman times, Classical statues were displayed in wealthy patricians' homes, less sacred but still religiously meaningful.
“By Roman times they were displayed in the homes of wealthy patricians, less sacred than before, but still replete with religious meaning.”
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Early modern kings competed to build the best Classical art collections, and the nobility imitated them.
“Early modern kings competed to build the finest collections of Classical art and were aped in this by the nobility.”
The paper relies on this without support.
By the eighteenth century, middle-class collectors existed, and classicizing styles in clothing and furnishings entered the homes of educated ordinary people, both women and men.
“By the eighteenth century, we find middle-class collectors, while classicizing styles in clothing and furnishings also made their way into the homes of educated if otherwise ordinary people, both women and men.”
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Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors, Scholars, and Their Bronzes
Wang (2018)
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- Authors
- Powers, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Powers, Martin
- Venue
- Early China
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2018
- Volume
- 41
- Pages
- 453-456
- ISSN
- 0362-5028 (ISSN-L)
- 2325-2324
- OpenAlex
- W2801461215
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 3.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Early China (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Museology › Libraries and Information Services
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Keywords
- Chinese bronzes, bronze vessels, Art Institute of Chicago, emperor, scholars, ancient Chinese art
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