书名：Kingly Splendor: Court Art and Materiality in Han China / 王者的辉煌：汉代中国的宫廷艺术与物质性
定价：535.0
ISBN：9780231196604
作者：Allison R Miller
版次：1
出版时间：2020-01

内容提要：

书名：Kingly Splendor: Court Art and Materiality in Han China / 王者辉煌：汉代宫廷艺术与物质性
作者：Allison R. Miller
出版社：Columbia University Press，2021年
装帧：精装，约348页
语种：英文
尺寸：约 15.2*22.9 cm

ISBN：978-0-2311-9660-4

简介
西汉时期是中国古代艺术文化形成的重要阶段，这一时期的丧葬艺术尤其体现了这一点。金缕玉衣、大型崖墓、华美的壁画以及微型兵马俑等标志性中国艺术形式，皆为此时期为精英阶层墓葬而制。这些精美物品多出土于诸侯王墓，他们代表皇帝治理地方。作者 Allison R. Miller 通过揭示诸侯王对西汉艺术文化的贡献，描绘了一幅精英艺术生产的新图景。她指出，诸侯王并非仅仅效仿朝廷，而是积极创新，利用地方材料和工坊，尝试新技术以挑战宫廷的艺术霸权。墓葬与丧葬艺术成为重要的政治表达载体，诸侯王借此向民众和其他精英阶层宣扬其统治合法性。通过对五种王室艺术门类的案例研究，Miller 论证了西汉初期君主与诸侯王近乎平起平坐的政治结构，反而促进了艺术的生产与创新。《王者辉煌》将丧葬艺术与建筑的细读与对政治制度动态的细致分析相结合，提供了一部跨学科的西汉早期修正主义史。本书隶属于哥伦比亚大学出版社“早期中国唐氏中心系列丛书”。

The Western Han dynasty (202 BCE-9 CE) was a foundational period for the artistic culture of ancient China, a fact particularly visible in the era's funerary art. Iconic forms of Chinese art such as dazzling suits of jade; cavernous, rock-cut mountain tombs; fancifully ornate wall paintings; and armies of miniature terracotta warriors were prepared for the tombs of the elite during this period. Many of the finest objects of the Western Han have been excavated from the tombs of kings, who administered local provinces on behalf of the emperors. Allison R. Miller paints a new picture of elite art production by revealing the contributions of the kings to Western Han artistic culture. She demonstrates that the kings were not mere imitators of the imperial court but rather innovators, employing local materials and workshops and experimenting with new techniques to challenge the artistic hegemony of the imperial house. Tombs and funerary art, Miller contends, functioned as an important vehicle of political expression as kings strove to persuade the population and other elites of their legitimacy. Through case studies of five genres of royal art, Miller argues that the political structure of the early Western Han, with the emperor as one ruler among peers, benefited artistic production and innovation. Kingly Splendor brings together close readings of funerary art and architecture with nuanced analyses of political and institutional dynamics to provide an interdisciplinary revisionist history of the early Western Han.