The Aesthetic of Brightness in Han Mirror Inscriptions
This article analyzes inscriptions cast on bronze mirrors of the Han dynasty (202 bce-220 ce) to trace how the material property of brightness became emphatically aestheticized through an expressive rhetoric of radiance and brilliance, illumination and reflection. It argues that specular brightness...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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American Oriental Society
[2021]
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JAOS
Year: 2021, Volume: 141, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-124 |
IxTheo Classification: | KBM Asia ZA Social sciences |
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