A brief analysis of the evolution of bird design in ancient Chinese head-ware

Author(s): Lei Zhang

Year: 2017

Summary

The bird design, as a distinctive and time-honored decoration in the Chinese culture, has its unique national forms and artistic glamour, which had also condensed and accumulated rich and profound connotations. Being an indispensable part of the ancient Chinese civilization, the head-ware of ancient Chinese women had evolved continuously in the transmission of cultural heritage. Which, reflecting not only the changes in people's aesthetics, but more importantly, the ever-developing ideology and culture along the various historical periods through the lens of plastic arts. The bird design, an important graphic pattern used in the head-ware of ancient Chinese women, has significant meaning embedded in its changes and evolution as a representative case.

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A brief analysis of the evolution of bird design in ancient Chinese head-ware. Lei Zhang. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 430132)

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Abstract Id(s): 16548