Eiren L Shea
Biographic Data
| ID | 4795094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eiren L Shea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eiren L |
| FAMILY NAME | Shea |
| SIGNATURE | SHEA E L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Grinnell College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0543-409X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Riders in the Tomb
For many women living in parts of present-day north China and Mongolia during the 10th to 14th centuries, equestrian activities were a part of daily life. Women of all social levels were expected to know how to ride from an early age. However, documentary evidence for women’s participation in equestrian activities during this period is sparse. This paper brings together materials that highlight the important role horse riding played in the lives …
Medieval Textiles across Eurasia, c. 300–1400
This study considers the textiles made, traded, and exchanged across Eurasia from late antiquity to the late Middle Ages with special attention to the socio-political and cultural aspects of this universal medium. It presents a wide range of textiles used in both domestic and religious settings, as dress and furnishings, and for elite and ordinary owners. The introduction presents historiographical background to the study of textiles and explains…
Sea Change
This book is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and much-needed-art historical study of Ottoman textiles. Drawing on surviving material, legal texts and other historical documents, Amanda Phillips effectively guides the reader through four hundred years of weaving, exchanging, wearing and using woven materials. Textiles were a centrally important material in the pre-modern and early modern period across the globe and tracing their history a…
The Spread of Gold Thread Production in the Mongol Period
The Spread of Gold Thread Production in the Mongol Period:A Study of Gold Textiles in the China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou Eiren Shea A series of luminous, gold-woven fragments from the Mongol period in the collection of the China National Silk Museum 中國博物館 (CNSM) in Hangzhou gives a glimpse into elite textile production in China during the second half of the thirteenth century and first half of the fourteenth century (See Figures 1–13, pp. 3…
Empire of Style
Mongol Court Dress, Identity Formation, and Global Exchange
The Mongol period (1206-1368) marked a major turning point of exchange – culturally, politically, and artistically – across Eurasia. \n \nThe wide-ranging international exchange that occurred during the Mongol period is most apparent visually through the inclusion of Mongol motifs in textile, paintings, ceramics, and metalwork, among other media. Eiren Shea investigates how a group of newly-confederated tribes from the steppe conquered the most s…
The Empress and the Heavenly Masters
The Mongol Cultural Legacy in East and Central Asia
Following the fall of the Mongol Empire (c. 1206–1368) in both East and West Asia, Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor, r. 1368–1398), the founder of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) in China, Timur (r. 1370–1405), founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1507) in Central Asia, and their successors used the legacy of the Chinggisid Mongols in different ways to lend an aura of power and legitimacy to their newly established courts. In this paper, I explore the c…
The Spread of Gold Thread Production in the Mongol Period
The Spread of Gold Thread Production in the Mongol Period:A Study of Gold Textiles in the China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou Eiren Shea A series of luminous, gold-woven fragments from the Mongol period in the collection of the China National Silk Museum 中國博物館 (CNSM) in Hangzhou gives a glimpse into elite textile production in China during the second half of the thirteenth century and first half of the fourteenth century (See Figures 1–13, pp. 3…
Mongol Court Dress, Identity Formation, and Global Exchange
The Mongol period (1206-1368) marked a major turning point of exchange – culturally, politically, and artistically – across Eurasia. \n \nThe wide-ranging international exchange that occurred during the Mongol period is most apparent visually through the inclusion of Mongol motifs in textile, paintings, ceramics, and metalwork, among other media. Eiren Shea investigates how a group of newly-confederated tribes from the steppe conquered the most s…
The Empress and the Heavenly Masters
The Mongol Cultural Legacy in East and Central Asia
Following the fall of the Mongol Empire (c. 1206–1368) in both East and West Asia, Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor, r. 1368–1398), the founder of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) in China, Timur (r. 1370–1405), founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1507) in Central Asia, and their successors used the legacy of the Chinggisid Mongols in different ways to lend an aura of power and legitimacy to their newly established courts. In this paper, I explore the c…
Empire of Style
Mongol Court Dress, Identity Formation, and Global Exchange
The Mongol period (1206-1368) marked a major turning point of exchange – culturally, politically, and artistically – across Eurasia. \n \nThe wide-ranging international exchange that occurred during the Mongol period is most apparent visually through the inclusion of Mongol motifs in textile, paintings, ceramics, and metalwork, among other media. Eiren Shea investigates how a group of newly-confederated tribes from the steppe conquered the most s…
The Spread of Gold Thread Production in the Mongol Period
The Spread of Gold Thread Production in the Mongol Period:A Study of Gold Textiles in the China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou Eiren Shea A series of luminous, gold-woven fragments from the Mongol period in the collection of the China National Silk Museum 中國博物館 (CNSM) in Hangzhou gives a glimpse into elite textile production in China during the second half of the thirteenth century and first half of the fourteenth century (See Figures 1–13, pp. 3…
Sea Change
This book is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and much-needed-art historical study of Ottoman textiles. Drawing on surviving material, legal texts and other historical documents, Amanda Phillips effectively guides the reader through four hundred years of weaving, exchanging, wearing and using woven materials. Textiles were a centrally important material in the pre-modern and early modern period across the globe and tracing their history a…
Riders in the Tomb
For many women living in parts of present-day north China and Mongolia during the 10th to 14th centuries, equestrian activities were a part of daily life. Women of all social levels were expected to know how to ride from an early age. However, documentary evidence for women’s participation in equestrian activities during this period is sparse. This paper brings together materials that highlight the important role horse riding played in the lives …
Medieval Textiles across Eurasia, c. 300–1400
This study considers the textiles made, traded, and exchanged across Eurasia from late antiquity to the late Middle Ages with special attention to the socio-political and cultural aspects of this universal medium. It presents a wide range of textiles used in both domestic and religious settings, as dress and furnishings, and for elite and ordinary owners. The introduction presents historiographical background to the study of textiles and explains…
History (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (6 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (6 works) · China (5 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works)