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A Brief History of Chinese Design ThoughtDesign Thinking Under the Song and Yuan Dynasties

A Brief History of Chinese Design Thought: Design Thinking Under the Song and Yuan Dynasties [The Song era is often seen as offering a pinnacle of design excellence. This can be attributed to two apparently competing trends. Firstly, a reaction against the extravagance of late-Tang design was encouraged by Song-sponsored Neo-Confucianism which emphasised simplicity both in design and in a social structure taking its lead from a superior being—the Emperor—and looking back to some of the classics of the pre-Qin era for inspiration. The second trend was rapid technological change, with improvements in agriculture, the invention of printing with movable type, and the perfection of paper and of gunpowder. The succeeding Yuan dynasty added the creation of the first true porcelain. Ceramics more generally are emphasised in this chapter as illustrating the outcomes of design thinking during this period, but building techniques and furniture were also involved. Under the Yuan, China briefly became part of a wider Mongol empire, bringing the first substantial connections with Europe and initiating the western diffusion of Chinese design cultures.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Brief History of Chinese Design ThoughtDesign Thinking Under the Song and Yuan 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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123 –173
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10.1007/978-981-16-9408-0_6
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[The Song era is often seen as offering a pinnacle of design excellence. This can be attributed to two apparently competing trends. Firstly, a reaction against the extravagance of late-Tang design was encouraged by Song-sponsored Neo-Confucianism which emphasised simplicity both in design and in a social structure taking its lead from a superior being—the Emperor—and looking back to some of the classics of the pre-Qin era for inspiration. The second trend was rapid technological change, with improvements in agriculture, the invention of printing with movable type, and the perfection of paper and of gunpowder. The succeeding Yuan dynasty added the creation of the first true porcelain. Ceramics more generally are emphasised in this chapter as illustrating the outcomes of design thinking during this period, but building techniques and furniture were also involved. Under the Yuan, China briefly became part of a wider Mongol empire, bringing the first substantial connections with Europe and initiating the western diffusion of Chinese design cultures.]

Published: Oct 6, 2022

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