The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from The People's Republic of China

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Название: The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from The People's Republic of China

Автор: Wen Fong

Издательство: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Год: 1980

Страниц: 408

Формат: PDF

Размер: 84 Mb

Язык: Английский

Nearly 4,000 years ago, the ancient Chinese made a discovery that would determine the course of their history and culture for two millennia—the alloy of tin and copper known as bronze. Bronze was used for tools and weapons and even musical instruments, but the Great Bronze Age of China has come down to us mainly in the ritual vessels that symbolized power and prestige for China's first three dynasties: the Xia, the Shang, and the Zhou.