The Story of Bronze（青铜的历史）

　　What do the thousands of images of bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines say about our society？ Many women indulge in lingerie to please men. Yet， since Antiquity，women have always kept lingerie hidden away under outer garments. Thus，lingerie must be more than erotic bait. Authors Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher have researched iconography to explore the relationship of lingerie to society， the economy and the corridors of intimacy. They correlate lingerie with emancipation， querying whether it asserts newfound freedoms or simply adjusts to conform to changing social values. The result is a rigorous scientific rationale spiced with a zestly humour. And the tinier lingerie gets， the more scholarly attention the authors believe it deserves

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Chapter Ⅳ External Decorations on Bronze Wares
The Beauty of Decorative Patterns
Taotie Pattern
Dragon and Phoenix Patterns
Changes of Decorative Patterns
Composition of Bronze Decorative Patterns
Chapter Ⅴ Inscriptions on Bronze Wares
The Importance of Inscriptions on Bronze Wares
Forms of Bronze Inscriptions
Examples of Bronze Inscriptions
Chapter Ⅵ CaUiqraphy on Bronzes
Bronze InscriDtion Stroke Techniques
Structure of Chinese Characters in Bronze Inscriptions
Styles of Bronze Inscriptions
Chapter Ⅶ Music and the Bronzes
Music of the Xia Dynasty
Music and Musical Instruments in the Western Zhou Dynasty
The Chimes of Marquis Yi of Zeng
Chapter Ⅷ The Castino of Bronze Wares
The Sources of Copper and Tin
Bronze Ware Foundries
Casting and Decoration Techniques
Chapter Ⅸ Bronze Mirrors
Types of Bronze Mirrors
Bronze Mirrors before the Warring States Period
Bronze Mirrors of the Han Dynasty
Bronze Mirrors of the Tang Dynasty