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"This is the first study that adopts a comprehensive, thorough, and interdisciplinary approach toward early Chinese lost-wax castings. With more than 80 images, this book provides a study on the "norms," which are seldom questioned. By examining the reasons why Chinese founders often chose not to use the lost-wax process they had clearly mastered, the book refutes the idea that lost-wax technology is the only "right way" to cast bronzes. This study demonstrates that a "norm" is in many ways an illusion that twists our comprehension of art, technology, civilization, and history"--
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Metalworking in Bronze age China: the lost-wax process
2020, Cambria Press
in English
1621964809 9781621964803
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Table of Contents
What is lost-wax casting?
Metalworking in Bronze age China
Was lost-wax casting used in Bronze age China?
Further confirmed lost-wax castings I
Further confirmed lost-wax castings II
Further confirmed lost-wax castings III
Design as the driving force
The origin of the lost-wax technique in Bronze age China
Coda.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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