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Angela Sheng, Deng Qiyao, Xi Keding, Li Qianbin, Zhang Xiao, Stevan Harrell, Kate Lingley, and Huang Ying Feng, Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities
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The Eighth International Conference on Oriental Astronomy (ICOA-8), March 26-28, 2014, in Hefei, China
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Beyond Categorization: Zhu Kerou’s Tapestry Painting Butterfly and Camellia
Get PDFThis paper introduces the technique of kesi or tapestry weave in China through one example, Butterfly and Camellia, attributed to Zhu Kerou, a woman artist of the twelfth century. This particular weaving is attributed to a time period when tapestry weavings began to imitate the visual language of painting. The relationship between kesi and painting is explored, examining the early use of kesi as wrappers for paintings. At the same time that the basic technology of kesi weaving is discussed, the gendered nature of weaving as work in Song-dynasty China as well as the techniques of connoisseurship of kesi during the Ming and Qing dynasties are also illuminated. The motives of such connoisseurs are examined, as their writing and collection practices framed this work for all future viewers and scholars. Sources used include inscriptions on works of art, most notably one inscription mounted next to Butterfly and Camellia by the eminent Ming painter, Wen Congjian; painting and textiles catalogues; as well as early writing on kesi weave; and the weavings themselves, which tell us most clearly the artisans’ intentions and concerns
Further Reflections on the Unity and Diversity of the Human Mind
Get PDFReview Article onGeoffrey E. R. Lloyd, Cognitive Variations: Reflections on the Unity andDiversity of the Human Mind, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007,200 pp