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Antiquarians and the Crafting of Chinaâs Past, 1700sâ1900s
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From the seventeenth century, scholars, artists, and craftspeople in East Asia created objects that transformed how the past was understood and experienced. By blending materials and mixing techniques, these works embodied the belief that making was itself a form of learning. This volume brings together twenty-one vivid case studies that capture this creative energy, guiding readers through the experimental and often contested world of early modern antiquarian practice. Accessible, thought-provoking, and engaging, the essays reveal how studying the past actively shaped knowledge, values, and social hierarchies in a world continually refashioned through making, learning, and imagination.
Michael J. Hatch, Associate Professor at Trinity College (Hartford, CT), researches Chinese painting and its related arts from the 18th century to the present. He is the author of Networks of Touch: A Tactile History of Chinese Art, 1790â1840 (Penn State University Press, 2024).
Michele Matteini, Associate Professor at New York University, is a specialist of Qing-dynasty painting and material culture. His most recent monograph is A Ghost in the City: Luo Ping and the Craft of Painting in Eighteenth-Century Beijing (University of Washington Press, 2023).
Weitian Yan, Assistant Professor of Chinese art at Indiana University, Bloomington, specializes in the calligraphic arts and antiquarian culture of late imperial China.âââ
Michele Matteini, Associate Professor at New York University, is a specialist of Qing-dynasty painting and material culture. His most recent monograph is A Ghost in the City: Luo Ping and the Craft of Painting in Eighteenth-Century Beijing (University of Washington Press, 2023).
Weitian Yan, Assistant Professor of Chinese art at Indiana University, Bloomington, specializes in the calligraphic arts and antiquarian culture of late imperial China.âââ
Students and scholars of art history, history, archaeology, and material culture in East Asia, as well as those interested in the early modern and modern world more broadly. Keywords: Qing dynasty; Republican period; materiality; jinshixue; epigraphic study; epigraphy; kaozhengxue; evidential scholarship; ink rubbing; painting; calligraphy; inkstone; inkstick; photography; photolithographic reproduction; Joseon Dynasty; Meiji Japan; cross-cultural exchanges; China; Korea; Japan; art history; art; Chinese art.