巧镌筠筒主管城明清竹刻笔筒艺术概说

笔筒一词,最早见于三国时陆玑（《毛诗草木鸟兽虫鱼疏》之“螟蛉有子”篇,按其文意,知为竹木之属。成书于明代的《致虚杂俎》云：“（王）献之有斑竹笔筒名裘钟”,不知渊源何自,聊备一说。从目前考古所得来看,秦汉时期的笔筒均为细竹管制成,其长过笔,纳笔其中,以便于保存和携带毛笔,可称为管形笔筒或笔套。     

感受诡谲与浪漫之美 凤舞九天楚文物特展掠影

由湖南省博物馆策划,湖南省博物馆、湖北省博物馆、河南博物院、安徽省博物馆等几大博物馆联袂举办的《凤舞九天——楚文物特展》,是最近几年来规模最大、规格最高的楚文物展览,也是湖南省博物馆继《走向盛唐》、《国家宝藏》等展览之后首度推出的原创性大展。     

良丝点染 绣采绚丽顾绣花鸟鱼虫探微

顾绣源于上海,享誉全国,在中国古代艺术群葩中绽放奇彩,令古今名人逸士为之倾倒。然而顾绣却是中国占代工艺研究的一项空白,相关著述甚少,与其历史地位不相匹配。     

歌舞升平 丝绸之路上的乐舞文物

中华民族有着古老的乐舞文化,具有独特的东方神韵。中国历史悠久,幅员辽阔,乐舞文化极为丰富,异彩纷呈,美不胜收。我们不难发现,不同时期的中华乐舞都或多或少地带有世界其他地域的歌舞元素,又显得那么自然融洽,这正是中华乐舞经各族乐舞相互交流融合的结果。     

弦轮密运 清宫钟表

2009年12月25日,沈阳故宫博物院和广州博物馆在广州越秀山镇海楼联合举办弦轮密运——沈阳故宫博物院院藏清宫钟表展,共展出沈阳故宫博物院、广州博物馆藏清宫钟表30余座。这些机械钟表多于18-19世纪时,通过广州粤海关采购和广州钟表工匠制作,以贡品形式入贡清宫的产品,其中部分作品还出自声名显赫的钟表大师之手。     

THE METALLURGY of the WILBURTON HOARDS

Summary: The results to date of a programme of research into the metallurgy of the Wilburton hoards of the British Late Bronze Age are described and some interpretations presented. Possible origins for the metal are discussed. the associated technical advances are discussed and an attempt is made to provide a realistic metallurgical context for the hoards.
I would like to thank the British Museum, London; the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography; Museum of London; Winchester City Museums; Somerset County Museum, Taunton; Dorset County Museum, Dorchester; Exeter City Museums; Plymouth City Museums; Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro; Musée des Antiquités Nationales, St.-Germain-en-Laye and Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, West Berlin for permission to take samples for analysis.
A special acknowledgement must be made to Miss E. Owles and the Moyses Hall Museum, Bury St. Edmunds for immense assistance given in the study of the Isleham hoard.
I would also like to thank Mr. D. Britton, Mr. R. Bradley and Mr. S. Needham for several useful discussions, Mr. A. McKnight for photography and Dr. M. Leese, British Museum Research Laboratory, for statistical calculations. Mr. A. McKnight for photography, Dr. M. Leese, British Museum Research Laboratory, for statistical calculations and Dr. N. H. Gale, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Oxford for lead isotope analyses.     

光纤在博物馆文物陈列照明中的应用方式

光纤照明是一种安全照明,可避免紫外光和红外光对文物的伤害。本文阐述了光纤点照明方式、线照明方式和面照明方式的应用特征,并列举了光纤照明在南京博物院、丹麦国家博物馆、上海博物馆和井冈山革命博物馆等多个应用实例,论述了光纤照明是照明科学性和艺术性的统一。     

华采若英——辽宁省博物馆中国古代缂丝刺绣精品展

辽宁省博物馆于2009年11月7日至2010年1月4日举办华采若英——中国古代缂丝刺绣精品展,展品共54件组,其中6件来自故宫博物院。展览按工艺分缂丝和刺绣两个部分,均为以书画为蓝本织绣的观赏性作品。此次展览力求全面系统地展示观赏性缂丝和刺绣的发展历程、时代特征、织绣工艺和装饰题材。     

沈阳故宫藏珐琅器

珐琅器是中国古代工艺品中最晚形成的一个品种,俗称景泰蓝。它在中国诞生和推广使用的时间相对较晚,元代时,始由西亚阿拉伯地区和欧洲引入中土,当时称为“大食窑”,以后又有“拂郎嵌”之名（杨伯达《论景泰蓝的起源》,《故宫博物院院刊》1979年9期）,但当时制作和使用量都相对较少。明代,随着宫廷中实用器物越来越走向艺术化,     

印记仰慕 化为永恒 古书画上常见的清朝官私鉴藏印

印章,是中国书画艺术的重要组成部分。在传统书画中,诗、书、画、印这四种元素既可各自独立,又能互补共存,融为一体,共同构成传统书画的核心内容。中国古代书画上的印章,主要包含有两个方面：一是作者在书画创作时,     

平安故宫 千秋大计——故宫博物院“平安故宫”工程概述

故宫博物院《“平安故宫”工程总体方案》于2013年3月正式上报国务院.4月,“平安故宫”工程被批准立项,成为重大文化建设工程.该工程旨在全面提升故宫博物院的文化遗产保护、展示传播和观众服务能力,实现对故宫的完整保护和故宫博物院的可持续发展.其主要内容包括北院区建设、地库改造、基础设施改造、防震、修复等七大项.     

以瓷为媒的中西文化交流

瓷之韵——大英博物馆、英国国立维多利亚与艾伯特博物馆藏瓷器精品展展览的策划和筹备历时一年多,经过双方策展人的多次讨论,才形成最终的展览内容。大英博物馆和维多利亚与艾伯特博物馆的策展人为此挑选了148件套的精彩展品,为中国观众讲述明清时期中,     

佛国众生诸法妙相

自东汉“白马驮经”佛教从西域天竺传入中国,经长期弘传,逐步成为我国影响最大,传播最广泛的宗教。佛教的传入与迅速流布,最初是以“设像传道”为基本手段的,让人顶礼膜拜的佛教造像,便于系念观想的佛教绘画一一应运而生。故佛教在中国又被称为“像教”,反映了许多人是通过“像”来接受并认识佛教的。     

犀角雕琢艺术赏析

我国早在《汉书》“南越王赵陀献文帝犀角十”、《汉书·平帝纪》“二年春,黄支国献犀牛”中已有犀牛角的记载。现存最早的犀牛造型是东汉的错金银青铜器（中国国家博物馆减）（图1）,还有大清乾隆年制的仿生瓷器（图2）,在跨越历史1600年之后,两件非常相似,栩栩如生的犀牛造型,让我们见证了中国原有的犀牛是双角形、前角长后角短的亚洲苏门答腊犀。     

Anthropology and the British Museum: A conversation with John Mack

John Mack is Keeper of Ethnography at the British Museum, and until recently was also Senior Keeper. He curated The Museum of the Mind: Art and Memory in World Cultures as part of the British Museum's 250th anniversary programme. Major changes have taken place at the museum, including the return of the Museum of Mankind to the British Museum's Bloomsbury site. This site will by next year also house the Anthropology Library, one of the largest anthropology libraries in the world, the holdings of which were greatly enhanced by the gift of the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) Library to the British Museum Ethnography Department Library in 1976. John Mack can be contacted at J.Mack@british-museum.ac.uk .     

The Dispersed Sculpture of Parthenay and the Contributions of Nuclear Science

Abstract

TWENTY-TWO limestone sculptures, thought to have once decorated the now-destroyed 12th-century church Notre-Dame-de-la-Couldre in Parthenay (Deux-Sèvres), are dispersed in numerous American and French museum collections. To assess their provenance, stylistic analysis and documentary evidence are here combined with compositional analysis of their stone by neutron activation. Comparison of the resulting compositional profiles with those of samples from the still-standing west façade produced matches for works in the Musée du Louvre, Glencairn Museum, William Hayes Fogg Museum, and a private collection. Samples from sculptures in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art differ in composition from each other and from those that match stone from the façade of Notre-Dame-de-la-Couldre. Still other works, such as those in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, returned varied results conflicting with other provenance information. This application of scientific techniques sheds new light on these sculptures, but just as importantly, this diverse group — by offering a range of archival, photographic, and restoration records — provides an excellent demonstration of the contributions, as well as limitations, of nuclear science to provenance study.     

福建晋江紫帽明墓发掘报告

2006年7月,福建博物院、泉州市博物馆及晋江市博物馆联合对晋江紫帽明墓群进行了抢救性发掘,在一个山坡的近似直线的5个台地,发现多件石像生、两座墓室、一座墓亭(基座)、一段条石铺成的地面,并出土了两套组合冥器,此次发掘对研究明代晋江地区的葬俗、陶瓷史以及家族史等方面提供了重要的实物资料。     

A NEW CONCEPT AND EXHIBITION PROGRAM FOR THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IN CAIRO

This article presents a new concept for the future permanent display of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and discusses different practical ideas and concepts. Throughout the discussion, recent challenges and opportunities are considered, particularly the conflicts and duplication among the three major museums in Greater Cairo, the Egyptian Museum(EMC), the Grand Egyptian Museum(GEM), and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization(NMEC). Different ideas are introduced, while selected options are then discussed. The author argues his suggestion to develop a concept that combines archaeological fieldwork, masterpieces, and visible storage in a presentation that varies from aesthetic, contextual and systematic display. This comes from the author's understanding of the expected audiences, their interests, the strengths of the collection, the exhibition space, and EMC's mission.     

故宫博物院近期对外及港澳台地区的文化交流

故宫博物院作为国内藏品最多、最有影响力的综合类博物馆,一直保持十分活跃的对外交流态势。2008年以来,故宫博物院积极与国(境)外博物馆建立战略合作关系,打造长期交流机制。如举办和参加各类形式的涉外展览,扩大了对外交流空间;开展并深化项目交流与合作,拓宽了国际视野和交流平台;充分利用各种平台开展多层次学术交流,开展有针对性的出访活动;建立了与国(境)外博物馆的沟通联系;完成多项国宾接待任务;接收海外和港澳实习生等。此外,全面推进两岸故宫的交流与合作。将来,故宫博物院将一如既往地积极开展此类文化交流,让世界了解、欣赏和接受优秀的中国传统文化。     

多元交融 独具风情 ——记新疆古代服饰展

2011年12月16日,由国家博物馆、新疆维吾尔自治区文化厅及新疆博物馆联合主办的“新疆古代服饰展”在国家博物馆开幕。这是国博自新侑建成开放后首次邀请地方博物馆来办展。此展基于新疆当前历史学、