Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

Miller, Peter N.; Louis, François

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“…While studying the past, the focus thus remained on inscribed objects -a legacy bias that can be felt in modern Chinese archaeological practice (Von Falkenhausen 1993), and, by extension, the understanding of cultural heritage in modern China. The comparative study of antiquarian practices in the East and West have been a topic of discussion in the last decade (Wu 2010;Miller and Louis 2012;Von Falkenhausen 2015), with specialists from both sides pointing to important convergences. Extextualisation techniques of copying are yet another case where junctions can be found and may contribute to our understanding of contemporary heritage regimes.…”

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Entexted Heritage: Calligraphy and the (Re)Making of a Tradition in Contemporary China

Lia¹,

Long²

2021

chinaperspectives

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From medieval times to the present, calligraphy has been theorised as a product of "spirit" rather than of the hand, and has been situated atop the Chinese aesthetic hierarchy. Recognising calligraphy as a key aspect of national identification, the People's Republic of China applied for its recognition to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Through the process of constructing calligraphy as Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), a simplified calligraphic canon emerged, which epitomises the "correct spirit of tradition." Building on art historical and anthropological questions of transmission and authentication of the classical tradition of calligraphy, this paper challenges this idealised conceptualisation by investigating how a contemporary Chinese ICH regime has worked to "entextualise" calligraphy into present social and political circumstances.

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Entexted Heritage: Calligraphy and the (Re)Making of a Tradition in Contemporary China

Lia¹,

Long²

2021

chinaperspectives

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Antiquarianism

CUNNALLY¹

2021

The Encyclopedia of Ancient History

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The term “antiquarian” or “antiquary” was once commonly applied to persons who collected and studied the material remains of the past, including coins, inscriptions, old manuscripts, statues, household objects, tools, weapons, and similar artifacts. In the second half of the nineteenth century the collecting and scholarly activities of antiquarians were superseded by the modern academic disciplines of archaeology, numismatics, art history, epigraphy, and paleography.

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The Methods and Ethics of Researching Unprovenienced Artifacts from East Asia

Foster,

Chao,

Valmisa

2024

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The immense outpouring of archaeological discoveries this past century has shed new light on ancient East Asia, and China in particular. Yet in concert with this development another, more troubling, trend has likewise gained momentum: the looting of cultural heritage and the sale of unprovenienced antiquities. Scholars face difficult questions, from the ethics of working with objects of unknown provenance, to the methodological problems inherent in their research. The goal of this Element is to encourage scholars to critically examine their relationships to their sources and reflect upon the impact of their research. The three essays in this Element present a range of disciplinary perspectives, focusing on systemic issues and the nuances of method versus ethics, with a case study of the so-called 'Han board' MSS given as a specific illustration.

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Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

Cited by 24 publications

References 8 publications

Entexted Heritage: Calligraphy and the (Re)Making of a Tradition in Contemporary China

Entexted Heritage: Calligraphy and the (Re)Making of a Tradition in Contemporary China

Antiquarianism

The Methods and Ethics of Researching Unprovenienced Artifacts from East Asia

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