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work_cbilymd3nnfhvnixslvxo7fjvi	Martin Powers	NEW EXHIBITION EXAMINES THE SOCIAL LIFE OF BRONZES THROUGH THE CENTURIES	2018.0	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1561	122	65	This is a short review of the "Mirroring China's Past" exhibition at the The Mirroring China's Past exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago of Early China exhibitions, being the most important display of BronzeAge artifacts from China since the Great Bronze Age of China show in Of course, the impact of even high-quality objects can be compromised without adequate display, but here again this exhibition sets a 1. Published as Tao Wang et al., Mirroring China's Past: Emperors, Scholars, and Their artists in China could reinvent the classical past in ever more sophisticated ways, moving from "antiquity to plaything" as Tao Wang puts it. This forced viewers to rethink the hallowed object, as well as its tradition, in a new and more personal light. Some objects on display show how a collector could insert himself into NEW EXHIBITION EXAMINES THE SOCIAL LIFE OF BRONZES THROUGH THE CENTURIES 455 Keywords: bronze vessels, Art Institute of Chicago, art collecting in 	./cache/work_cbilymd3nnfhvnixslvxo7fjvi.pdf	./txt/work_cbilymd3nnfhvnixslvxo7fjvi.txt