Tea, Fragrance, and Music: Ephemeral Arts and the Formation of Scholar-Artist Communities in Northern Song China: 9 (Ancient Languages and Civilizations, 9) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 11: Ancient Languages and Civilizations

Li, Kin Sum

 
9789004528901: Tea, Fragrance, and Music: Ephemeral Arts and the Formation of Scholar-Artist Communities in Northern Song China: 9 (Ancient Languages and Civilizations, 9)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004528903 ISBN 13: 9789004528901
Publisher: Brill, 2024

Synopsis

This book explores one of the central questions among many disciplines: how communities are formed. It investigates this question through the perspectives of scholar-artist communities in Northern Song China. You will learn how some of the then popular ephemeral artistic practices, such as whisking tea, burning aromatic substances, and playing and listening to qin music, were performed. Through these practices related sensory experiences were generated. The formation process of communities invovled many other aspects such as the interplay among people, materials, ephemeral arts, and sensory experiences, which is hard to identify in pure textual sources.

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About the Author

Kin Sum (Sammy) LI, PhD (Princeton 2015), is Associate Professor at the Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University. He has published articles on the history of mass production in the ancient world and he attempts to study industrial art with the assistance of modern technology. Recently he develops an interest in the history of tea cultures.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004528903
ISBN 13 
9789004528901
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
264