Bulletin, Issue 35, Pages 129-140The Museum, 1963 - China |
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Page 132
... decorative patterns and new styles were soon introduced . One of these may be described as decorative realism since the animal forms were used chiefly to meet the demand for decoration and ornament . They range from simple to elaborate ...
... decorative patterns and new styles were soon introduced . One of these may be described as decorative realism since the animal forms were used chiefly to meet the demand for decoration and ornament . They range from simple to elaborate ...
Page 134
... decorative realism " . Decorative realism was but one branch of the Shang animal style . In the development of these natural elements as decoration the Shang art showed also a tendency to conventionalize them into simplified forms which ...
... decorative realism " . Decorative realism was but one branch of the Shang animal style . In the development of these natural elements as decoration the Shang art showed also a tendency to conventionalize them into simplified forms which ...
Page 137
... Decorative realism deals with natural forms which include at first only those of animals but as time goes on plant forms , as well as inanimate objects , such as rocks , mountains , water , clouds and fire . The later artistic evolution ...
... Decorative realism deals with natural forms which include at first only those of animals but as time goes on plant forms , as well as inanimate objects , such as rocks , mountains , water , clouds and fire . The later artistic evolution ...
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An-yang ancient China Andersson animal art animal designs Animal figures animal head animal style bird body bone bronze inscriptions centuries B.C. Ch'êng-tzu-yai ch'i tetrapod characters chin Chinese art cicada composite animal conventionalized Courtesy cover curved decorative design decorative patterns Decorative realism deer ears elab elephants eyebrows Freer Gallery Gallery of Art handle Honan Hong Kong horns Hou-chia-chuang human face human figure human head Hunan Hupei Incised animal mask inlay k'uei dragons Kansu Kiangsi kuang ewer kuei large number Late Shang legs Liang-ch'êng.chên Liaoning Lung-shan Ma-chia-yao Mizuno mouth Mu-fei collection neolithic nose oracle script Ordos bronzes Ostasiatiska p'an basin Painted human Plate pottery vessels primitive naturalism Private collection Pu-chao-chai rhinoceros Rostovtzeff Scythian Shang artist Shang China Shansi Shantung shape sheep Shih-chia-ho simplified animal forms Sir Ellis stylized T'ao-tieh masks technique tiger ting tripod tsun container type of animal various types wan bowl wên pien wood carving Yang-shao yu wine-can 許文