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A Brief History of Chinese Design ThoughtDesign Thinking Between the Han and Sui Dynasties

A Brief History of Chinese Design Thought: Design Thinking Between the Han and Sui Dynasties [During the period of turbulence following the downfall of the Han dynasty, amounting to around 360 years, a new element was added to long-standing Chinese ideologies—Buddhism. This led to something of a return to religious motifs in design and to a revival of concepts of God or of a supreme being. Alongside ascendant Buddhism, Taoism grew at the expense of Confucianism. But this was also a period of interest in aesthetics and indulgence, in large part as a reaction to sometimes violent political conflict. An emphasis on beauty particularly emerged in thinking about art, with important treatises advising on the importance of capturing the soul and driving forces of subjects through the representation of their external form.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Brief History of Chinese Design ThoughtDesign Thinking Between the Han and Sui Dynasties

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Springer Nature Singapore
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© Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House 2022. Translation from the Chinese language edition: “中国古代设计思想史略” by Qi Shao et al., © Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House 2009. Published by Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House. All Rights Reserved.
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978-981-16-9407-3
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79 –91
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10.1007/978-981-16-9408-0_4
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[During the period of turbulence following the downfall of the Han dynasty, amounting to around 360 years, a new element was added to long-standing Chinese ideologies—Buddhism. This led to something of a return to religious motifs in design and to a revival of concepts of God or of a supreme being. Alongside ascendant Buddhism, Taoism grew at the expense of Confucianism. But this was also a period of interest in aesthetics and indulgence, in large part as a reaction to sometimes violent political conflict. An emphasis on beauty particularly emerged in thinking about art, with important treatises advising on the importance of capturing the soul and driving forces of subjects through the representation of their external form.]

Published: Oct 6, 2022

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