Differences Preserved presents works excavated from two sets of tombs in northern China. Tomb objects from the ninth to twelfth centuries, along with reproductions of the lively and vibrant tomb wall murals, serve as the basis for a cultural reassessment of the Liao (907-1125) and Song (960-1127) dynasties. Objects such as fine ceramic pots and bowls, tea services, and furniture present a story of daily life and of how people thought of themselves. Hsingyuan Tsao's innovative analysis represents a new direction in Chinese scholarship by considering the overlooked accomplishments of non-Han groups within the history of Chinese culture.

Differences Preserved: Reconstructed Tombs from the Liao and Song Dynasties

Arts & Photography

Tsao, Hsingyuan

History & Criticism

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Photographs taken by MacArthur fellow Robert Adams since the late 1960s have decisively changed the ways many think about the American West. As we enter the 21st century, it is no surprise that environmental urgencies, including his own very deeply felt concerns, have shaped thinking about Adams's art. This volume surveys Adams's work since its beginnings to offer a new, thematic approach to its layered meanings and complexities and includes previously unpublished photographs.

Sunlight, Solitude, Democracy, Home: Photographs by Robert Adams

Fillin-Yeh, Susan

Rubinfien, Leo

ADAMS, ROBERT

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<p>What Is a Man? enriches our understanding of the paradigm shift produced by feminist theory, that gender is constructed, not ìnatural,î and is political. Indeed, Kampenís essay explores new ground, for as she points out, ìfew scholars until very recently have written about the way that gender as a category illuminates our understanding of manhood, and fewer still are the archaeologists and art historians who have studied masculinity in late antiquity.î Kampen draws on pioneering studies of sexuality in classical art, including her own work, to direct attention to the many social and artistic masculinities in play in the late Roman world. What Is a Man? gathers together a diverse group of objects, including portrait sculpture, sarcophagus fragments, pottery, ivory carving, textiles, and coins. All the objects are illustrated in color.</p>

What Is a Man?: Changing Images of Masculinity in Late Antique Art

Kampen, Natalie Boymel

Marlowe, Elizabeth Mae

Molholt, Rebecca Marie

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