THE FRACTAL CHARACTER OF THE CHINESE BRONZE AGE ART
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THE FRACTAL CHARACTER OF THE CHINESE BRONZE AGE ART. / Makovicky, Emil.
I: Symmetry: Culture and Science, Bind 34, Nr. 1, 2023, s. 87-104.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - THE FRACTAL CHARACTER OF THE CHINESE BRONZE AGE ART
AU - Makovicky, Emil
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023, Symmetrion. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Famous representational and religious bronze vessels of the blossoming Chinese Bronze Age (about 2200 – 700 BC) were made by casting molten bronze into molds composed of several ornamental panels. The latter were prepared with abstract design based on highly schematized animal face (taotie), sometimes with schematic dragon bodies added, and consisting of several orders of hook-to-full spiral elements. The largest, 1st order elements are often covered by arrays of smaller, 2nd order elements, and larger arrays of these, by 3rd order arrays. Linear and/or branched arrays of 3rd order spirals cover spaces and fields between higher order elements, as well. The three-tier design, with a semiregular distribution of different orders dictated by a compromise between the rules of abstraction and zoomorphism, unity of principles over three orders of importance, as well as maintenance of inclusivity condition, and statistical self-similarity of the design, imparts to the Chinese Bronze Age art a fractal character. This character has been preserved and even further intensified over a considerable time span.
AB - Famous representational and religious bronze vessels of the blossoming Chinese Bronze Age (about 2200 – 700 BC) were made by casting molten bronze into molds composed of several ornamental panels. The latter were prepared with abstract design based on highly schematized animal face (taotie), sometimes with schematic dragon bodies added, and consisting of several orders of hook-to-full spiral elements. The largest, 1st order elements are often covered by arrays of smaller, 2nd order elements, and larger arrays of these, by 3rd order arrays. Linear and/or branched arrays of 3rd order spirals cover spaces and fields between higher order elements, as well. The three-tier design, with a semiregular distribution of different orders dictated by a compromise between the rules of abstraction and zoomorphism, unity of principles over three orders of importance, as well as maintenance of inclusivity condition, and statistical self-similarity of the design, imparts to the Chinese Bronze Age art a fractal character. This character has been preserved and even further intensified over a considerable time span.
KW - abstract spiral-based patterns
KW - Anyang period of Shang dynasty
KW - bronze vessels
KW - Chinese Bronze Age art
KW - fractal character
U2 - 10.26830/symmetry_2023_1_087
DO - 10.26830/symmetry_2023_1_087
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85173873879
VL - 34
SP - 87
EP - 104
JO - Symmetry: Culture and Science
JF - Symmetry: Culture and Science
SN - 0865-4824
IS - 1
ER -
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