on itshandle one of these ferociousogres; it also has a bandenriched with very curiousfigures of archaic dragons. Bas-reliefs with human-istic figure subjects probablyexisted during the Shangdynasty, but no authenti-cated examples of that arthave yet been discov-ered. Perhaps whenthe spirit of… … new all-pervading impetus was givento almost every Chinese art. This wasnaturally reflected in the works inbronze, for although the old character-istics and decorative motives werelargely retained, a new deftness of touchand an improvement in tech-nique became apparent. Taoism, the first cult…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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