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1、LateWesternZhouTasteLotharvonFalkenhausen11Thisarticletentativelyformulâtessomeart-historicalobservationsthatmayhelptoaccount,atleastinpart,forthevisualappearanceofsomeritualparaphernaliafromtheChineseBronzeAge.Taste,asIusetheterm,meansthementalcounterpartofstyle:theaestheticattitudesandpréfére
2、ncessharedbyartistsandpatronsthatfoundtheirvisualexpressioninhuman-madeproductsofagivenperiod.2Itshouldbeunderstoodfromtheoutsetthatthenotionoftastecanneverexplaincompletelywhyaparticularobjectlooksthewayitdoes;otherfactorswillalwayshâvetobeconsidered,suchastechnologicallimitations,theprescript
3、ionsoficonography,andthevisa1LotharvonFalkenhausenisProfessorofChinesearchaeologyintheArtHis-toryDepartment,UCLA,Box951417,LosAngelesCA90095-1417,USA.ThisarticleisbasedonalecturedeliveredattheInstituteofFineArts,NewYorkUniversity,onDecember6,1996,whichinturndérivesfromanexplor-atorypaperon"Arch
4、aisminLateWesternZhouBronzes"writtenin1992.TheauthorfeelsdeeplyhonoredtodedicateittoProfessorJean-PierreDiény,whoseimpeccablescholarlyandliterarytasteshehaslongadmired.2Irealizethat,intakinguptheconceptof"taste"inanart-historicaldiscussion,1resuscitateanaestheticcategorythathasseenlittlesustain
5、edusesincetheEtudeschinoises,vol.XVIII,n°1-2,printemps-automne1999LotharvonFalkenhausentergoofestablishedhabitsandshapes.3Arthistorianshâvetendedtoconcentratetheireffortsonthoselatterdimensions,whicharemoretangiblethantasteandmoreconducivetosystematicanalysis.Corningtotermswithtaste,especiallyw
6、iththetasteofaperiodinthedistantpastsuchastheChineseBronzeAge,willnecessitateacertainamountofspéculation.Itshould,furthermore,beclarifiedthatthisarticlecanonlydealwithélitetaste;foritistotheélitethatailavailableévidencepertains.Inthevirtualabsenceofanyarchaeologicalévidenceconcerningthelowersoc
7、ialranksintheChineseBronzeAge,wecannottellatprésentwhetherorhowtheaestheticpréférencesoftheélitemighthâvebeenmediatedto,orimposedupon,thenon-élite,orwhetherthelatterhadadifférentsetofpréférencesofitsown.Moreover,incontradistinctio