中国青铜器的奥秘(英)

作者：李学勤著

ISBN：10位［7119048708］ 13位［9787119048703］

出版社：外文出版社

出版日期：2007-1-1

定价：￥188.00 元

内容提要Chinese bronzes were only the daily utensils,work tools and weapons of the people of ancient times,but also exquisite works of master craftsmen which have been handed down from generation to generation.Their beautiful forms,elaborate decorations and the moving stories that were cast on them have attracted the attention and aroused the interest of lovers of bronzes at home and abroad.

This book,copiously illustrated with colour pictures and sketches,is recommended to readers who wish to explore the wonder of Chinese bronzes.In language comprehensible to the layman,it supplies a basic knowledge on Chinese bronze art:its origin,periods of development and its value as regards the study of ancient history and ancient script.The author is a specialist who has personally participated in many major archaeological excavations and researched into this subject on the latest results of the study and excavations of Chinese bronzes.

作者简介Li Xueqin,was born in March 1933 in Beijing where he studied philosophy in Tsinghua University.He began his academic career in 1952,when he took part in editing Collation of the Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of the Yin Ruins under the auspices of the Institute of Archaeol-ogy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Since 1954,he has worked in the Institute of History of the academy.He is now director of the Insti-tute of History.He is concurrently professor of several institutions of higher learning,includ-ing the Northwest China University and Nankai University; honorary professor of an overseas Chinese university in Thailand; and director-general of the China Society of Pre-Qin History.His major works include: A Simple Geography of the Yin Dynasty(1959),The Wonder of Chi-nese Bronzes(1980),Eastern Zhou and Qin Civilizations(1985),Complete Works of Chi-nese Fine Arts: Bronzes(1985-86),and A Study of the Newly Found Bronzes(1990).

目录Preface

The Origin of Chinese Bronzes

Classification of Bronzes

"The Earth Cherishes No Treasure"

A Long History of Development

Testaments of Ancient History

From Pictographs to Seal and Clerical Scripts

Myth and Reality

Technique of Bronze Casting

Characteristics of Fine Arts

Bronze Mirrors, Belt Hooks, Seals and Coins

The Spread of Culture and Cultural Exchange

Endless New Discoveries

Appendixes

Chronology of Chinese Dynasties

Reigning Periods of the Later Shang, Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou Dynasties

Index