36.ShanghaiMuseum范雅明.pptVIP

L/O/G/O Speaker: 范雅明 Textile Engineering 2100189 Display galleries Collection Visitors Information History When we talk about museum, what are we talking about? In 1952 In 1959 In 1992 Founded and first open to the public in the horseracing club West Nanjing Road . The Shanghai municipal government allocated to the Museum a piece of land at the Peoples Square, as its new site. The present Shanghai Museum has unique architectural form, a round top with a square base, which symbolize the ancient Chinese philosophy that the square earth is under the round sky(天圆地方). Moved into the former Zhonghui Building at 16 South Henan Road . History Remarkable galleries Calligraphy Ceramics Ancient bronze Display galleries As a museum of ancient Chinese art, Shanghai Museum possesses a collection of 120,000 precious works of art. It is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls in four floors. The eleven galleries cover most of the major categories of Chinese art..Its rich and high-quality collection of ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy is specially celebrated in the world. Painting Minority Nationalities‘ Art Ming and Qing Furniture Coins Ancient Jade Chinese Paintings Calligraphy Seals Ancient Ceramics Ancient Bronze Ancient Sculpture Display galleries Collection 大克鼎 (food container) Ancient Chinese bronze More than 400 pieces of exquisite bronzes are shown within the galleries, providing an overall perspective of bronze art in ancient China. Unearthed from Shanxi Province in 1890, Da ke Ding belonged to an elite called Ke in the late Western Zhou. Measured 93.1 cm high and 201.5 kg, it is huge and heavy. Its mouth rim is decorated with animal mask motif and its belly with smooth wave-like patterns. 290 characters, neatly engraved on the inner wall, are typical representative of bronze inscriptions during the mid and late Western Zhou dynasty. This Ding has been regarded as an important object to stud