'Craftsmanship'and'Ingenuity'in Ancient Chinese Tangible Culture Considered from the Lamps and Lanterns of the Han,Wei,Southern-Northern Dynasties
The thesis discusses the idea on'craftsmanship'and'ingenuity'embodied in Chinese traditional tangible culture taking as the cases the lamps and lanterns of the Han,Wei,Southern-Northern Dynasties.The'craftsmanship'and'ingenuity'conceptually stand for the Chinese tangible culture tradition in artisanship,knowledge and philosophy,which are typically embodied on the traditional lamps and lanterns in design for function and usage,imagery and sense,elegance and vulgarity.
tangible cultureancient lampsartifactscraftsmanshipelegance and vulgarity