书名：Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900 / 镕古铸新：宋元明清铜器艺术

作者：Pengliang Lu

出版：Yale University Press，2025

装帧：精装，304页

语种：英语

尺寸：24.1*27.9 cm

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本书配合大都会艺术博物馆2025年同名特展“镕古铸新：宋元明清铜器艺术”同步出版。青铜器是古代中国礼仪和权力的象征。宋代以来，商周青铜器被重新发现认识，并被认为是上古黄金时代的遗存与精髓，值得深入研究与模仿。这种“复古”风尚成为此后跨越所有艺术门类而广泛存在的文化现象，仿古铜器铸造正是在这一风尚中应运而生，独树一帜。本书即希冀对宋元明清的铜器艺术进行全面深入的探讨研究。

《镕古铸新》作为首部汇集全球馆藏系统研究宋元明清铜器专著，希冀打破传统习惯中将这类铜器仅视为对古代青铜拙劣模仿的误解。通过聚焦这一时期帝王、官员、士绅定制使用的各类精美铜器，呈现这些铜器如何以非凡创意重新诠释上古青铜礼器，彰显其蕴含的文化认同与艺术创新。全书收录传世与出土器物200余件，钟鼎炉瓶，香花供养，文房雅玩，以高清细图一一呈现，其中不乏名品巨制，也有大量首次公开出版的珍稀文物。本书作者及策展人陆鹏亮正希望通过这次全面考察，匡误去谬，去芜存菁，为宋元明清铜器构建一个可靠的编年体系，并对其艺文价值做一次久违的重新评鉴。

A reappraisal of the often-overlooked Chinese bronzes made from the twelfth through nineteenth centuries, demonstrating their profound impact on Chinese art and culture

Bronze vessels were the ultimate emblems of power in ancient China. Beginning in the twelfth century, the rediscovery of ancient bronzes as evidence of an earlier golden age led to a revival of bronze casting. This publication is the first comprehensive study of these later Chinese bronzes in archaic styles, which were commissioned by emperors and officials from the twelfth through the nineteenth centuries to assert political legitimacy and alignment with traditional values. Redressing the misconception that these works were mere imitations of the ancient vessels they emulated, Recasting the Past demonstrates that they were in fact creative reinterpretations of antique shapes and decorative motifs that were fundamentally new creations with their own aesthetic and functional character. Featuring nearly two hundred objects, many never before published—including ceremonial bells, incense burners, flower vases, ritual vessels, and writing utensils—Pengliang Lu explores their cultural and political significance from the Song dynasty through the Qing dynasty and shows their enormous influence on Chinese art and culture.

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目录：  

19 Introduction导言

31 Reconstructing Ancient Rites: Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Ritual Bronzes 

重建古礼：宋元明清铜祭器

49 Plates 图版

75 Tracing a Stylistic Evolution: Southern Song to Early Ming Archaistic Bronzes 

法古悦新：南宋至明初仿古铜器

93 Plates 图版

135 Establishing New Standards: Ming Bronze Transformations 

垂范创制：明代铜器革新

151 Plates 图版

181 Living with Bronzes:Ming- Qing Literati Taste

起居有铜：明清文人生活意趣

196 Plates 图版

235 Harmonizing with Antiquity: Archaistic Bronzes of the Qing Dynasty

怀古味永：清代仿古铜器

249 Plates 图版

273 Works in the Plates 图版展品细目

COMPILED BY CLARA MA 马楚媛 编制

287 Notes 引用注释

297 Index 索引

303 Photography Credits 摄影致谢