中国智慧_文化面面观 课件 UNIT 9 Chinese Creativity and Craftsmanship.pptx

UNIT9ChineseCreativityandCraftsmanshipLearningObjectives21LearnaboutFuzhoubodilesslacquerwareExploreChinesehistoryofartsandcrafts3SpeakonChinesepeople’screativityandcraftsmanshipWhatartoffersisspace–acertainbreathingroomforthespirit.—JohnUpdikeQualityisneveranaccident;itisalwaystheresultofhighintention,sincereeffort,intelligentdirectionandskillfulexecution;itrepresentsthewisechoiceofmanyalternatives,thecumulativeexperienceofmanymastersofcraftsmanship.Qualityalsomarksthesearchforanidealafternecessityhasbeensatisfiedandmereusefulnessachieved.—JohnRuskinABodilessbutTimelessTreasureLocalartsandcraftsmayreadilycatchone’seyeintheculturallandscapeofaplace.InChina,probablyeverycityhassomethingofartisticcreativitythatthecitizensareespeciallyproudof.AnyonetravelinginFuzhoumaynaturallyfeelobligedtohavealookatandtoknowmoreaboutitsmostacclaimedbodilesslacquerware,whichisrecognizedasoneofthetopthreetreasuresofChina’straditionalartsandcrafts,theothertwobeingcloisonnéofBeijingandporcelainwareofJingdezheng.Inlacquerwaremaking,the“body”referstotheclay,plasterorwoodenmouldthatisusedtogiveittheshape,becauselacqueralonecanhardlymakeathree-dimensionalworkofart.Inthatcase,isn’tthebodynecessary?Howcomeitis“bodiless”?That’sbecausethemould,orbody,willhavetoberemoved,whichiswhatmakesadifferenceinmakingthisadmirabletypeoflacquerware.So,tomakeabodilesslacquerware,abodyofaparticularmodelmustbeprepared,whichisusuallymadeofclayorplaster.Ontoitlacquerisapplied,andthengrasslinenorsilkpastedlayerbylayerwithlacquerinbetweenasthebinder.Next,thewholethingmustbeplacedintheshadetodryuntiltheouterlayersofclothhavehardenedtoformanunbreakableshell.Thenisthetimetoremovethebody,sometimesbykn