Aesthetic Study Of Jingdezhen Greenish White Porcelain Of The Song Dynasty

This thesis explores from the angle of history and aesthetic theory Jingdezhen greenish white porcelain of the Song Dynasty at different historical stages in terms of its body, glaze, firing technology and decoration in the context of politics, history, culture and art by observing the remaining antiques, unearthed cultural relics, historical literature and the research results with modern technical instruments. It also discusses the evolution of the greenish white porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty. It is an effort to study the aesthetics of Jingdezhen greenish white porcelain in the Song Dynasty: the influence of politics, philosophy and religion of the Song Dynasty on the aesthetic taste of the period for Jingdezhen greenish white porcelain, the consistency between the tastes for literati paintings and those for greenish white porcelain, the jadelike effect of the greenish white porcelain and its needs to compromise between the two extremes of refinement and popularity.The thesis is divided into four parts:Part I examines a handful of names with reference to greenish white porcelain and decides that "greenish white" is the right term for Jingdezhen porcelain of this kind in the Song Dynasty.The testing results with modern instruments of the body and glaze, observations of shapes, colors, and decorations of antique articles and the archeological findings through unearthed cultural relics manifest the evolution process of the greenish white porcelain in Song Dynasty from the celadon porcelain of the Five Dynasties and then the white porcelain.Part II describes the origin of the place name "Jingdezhen" and its relation with greenish white porclain through the study of the historical records.The evolution stages of Jingdezhen greenish white porcelain in the Song Dynasty are divided and characterized on the basis of the analysis of its body, glaze, firing technology, shapes, decorative techniques and art styles. It is concluded: Jingdezhen greenish white porcelain in the Song Dynasty underwent two historical periods—the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, and experienced three evolution phases-emergence in the early Northern Song Dynasty, prosperity from the mid Northern Song Dynasty to the early Southern Song Dynasty and decline in the late Song Dynasty.Part III investigates the evolution of Jingdezhen greenish white porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty by examining the unearthed objects of this period with the help of scientific test and research reports and it's pointed out that they share the same green white effect but have their distinctive characteristics of times and artistry.