chapter 7. The Pictorial Form of a Zoomorphic Ecology: Dragons and Their Painters in Song and Southern Song China

2017 ◽  
pp. 253-288
Keyword(s):  
Southern Song ◽  
Pictorial Form

The Pictorial Form of a Zoomorphic Ecology: Dragons and Their Painters in Song and Southern Song China

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Purtle
Keyword(s):  
Water Cycle ◽  
Empirical Science ◽  
Human Intervention ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Southern Song ◽  
Shared Language ◽  
Pictorial Form

This essay studies painted dragons, zoomorphic tools of human intervention in the water cycle without correlative in empirical science. By demonstrating the relation of pictorial form to meteorological phenomena in dragon paintings used to summon rain, by arguing that the process of painting dragons mimicked, and thus effected, atmospheric events, and by suggesting how artistic repetition and repeated spectatorship of efficacious dragon paintings produced predictable meteorological outcomes, this essay shows how iconology and ecology converged in dragon painting during the Song and Yuan dynasties. This essay reveals that artistic and meteorological correspondences of form, process, and repetition aligned representational and climatological concerns, the shared language of art-historical description and ritual prescription establishing the painter as rainmaker and the rainmaker as painter. Ultimately, this essay suggests that control over the production, reproduction, and viewing of dragon images constituted the power to produce atmospheric events on demand.

SEMINAL BREAKTHROUGH IN TACTILE PICTOGRAM DESIGN FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN TRAIN STATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Fariz Fadhlillah
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Train Station ◽  
Impaired Ability ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
The Media ◽  
Impaired Person ◽  
Pictorial Form ◽  
The Ideal

One of the ideal public transportation facilities for the visually impaired in daily activities is trains. To be used at maximum, there is a need for communicative media to support the independence of orientation and mobility for the visually impaired in the train station. The media plays a role in supporting visually impaired individuals to know where they are, where to go, and how to reach the destination. The previous result regarding visually impaired ability to identify pictorial form which is designed with Primadi Tabrani’s ancient visual language semiotic approach shows a great opportunity for a pictogram to be the solution. However, the challenge is how to make the visually impaired person understand the meaning description that has been designed into tactile pictogram by touch. Basic consideration in designing process is the clarity of visual form when being touched, which is influenced by the way the shape is drawn and the tactile height

scholarly journals Characterizing the sealing materials of the merchant ship Nanhai I of the Southern Song Dynasty

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yihang Zhou ◽  
Kai Wang ◽  
Jian Sun ◽  
Yong Cui ◽  
Dongbo Hu
Keyword(s):  
Surface Coating ◽  
Song Dynasty ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Tung Oil ◽  
Southern Song Dynasty ◽  
Southern Song ◽  
Merchant Ship ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Analytical Approaches ◽  
Sealing Materials

AbstractNanhai I is a highly valuable shipwreck of the Southern Song Dynasty for studying various topics, including the shipbuilding techniques. The sealing materials are of significant importance to ensure the ship’s reliability during the voyage across the ocean and they were rarely analyzed. Therefore, the sealing materials of this ship were analyzed by several analytical approaches. The sealing materials included two types, i.e., gap filler with jute fibers and surface coating without any oakum. The main components of both types of putty are calcite with minor Tung oil. The weight ratio of Ca(OH)2/Tung oil range from 4.3:1 to 7.9:1 for surface coating samples and the weight ratio of Ca(OH)2/organics is 3.1:1 for the gap filler sample. Additionally, we first find that the surface coating has a layered structure, where outer layers contain more Tung oil than inner layers. The innermost layer of the surface coating sample might be altered by organic acids from wood deterioration, causing its loose structure and grey color. The composite layers with different formula might be a result of balancing the costs and performances of the putty.

scholarly journals A Sinicised Religion Under Foreign Rule: Buddhism in the Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115–1234)

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-52
Author(s):  
Hang Lin
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Zen Buddhism ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Southern Song ◽  
Jin Dynasty ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Medieval China ◽  
Historical Writings

Buddhism in the Jurchen Jin (1115–234) dynasty has been regarded as a peripheral phenomenon; as such, it remains largely overlooked by traditional historiography. When placed into a broader context, however, both Buddhism under Jin rule and the dynasty itself functioned as a significant link in the long chain of Chinese cultural history. The Jin witnessed a crucial time period during which Chan (Zen) Buddhism, later the most popular Buddhist school in China, gained dominance and began its transmission of several major lines. Jin Buddhism also created a large corpus of material culture, thereby providing invaluable primary sources for the study of Buddhism in China. Based on an analysis of historical writings and archaeological evidence, this article examines the development and various characteristics of Buddhism during the Jin, its relationship with the Jurchen rulers and its influence on the Jin society as a whole. To a large extent, the Jin was at least as important to the development of Buddhism as the Southern Song (1127–276). Moreover, knowledge of Jin Buddhism is indispensable to understanding the Jin culture which, in turn, is essential to understanding the general development of the multifaceted cultural traditions in medieval China.

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