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Recasting the past : the art of Chinese bronzes, 1100-1900

Lu, Pengliang, author, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution, Shanghai bo wu guan, host institution

2025

Overview

Bronze vessels were the ultimate emblems of power in ancient China. Beginning in the twelfth century, the rediscovery of ancient bronzes as evidence of an earlier golden age led to a revival of bronze casting. This publication presents a comprehensive study of these later Chinese bronzes in archaic styles, which were commissioned by emperors and officials from the twelfth through the nineteenth centuries to assert political legitimacy and alignment with traditional values. Redressing the misconception that these works were mere imitations of the ancient vessels they emulated, 'Recasting the Past' demonstrates that they were in fact creative reinterpretations of antique shapes and decorative motifs that were fundamentally new creations with their own aesthetic and functional character.

• Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Subject: Bronzes, Chinese Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368 Exhibitions. / Bronzes, Chinese Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 Exhibitions. / Art and Design.
• ISBN: 9781588397904

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