On the Rhythm and Metre of Bronze Wine Vessels’Form Curves in Shang Zhou Dynasty

摘要

Bronze wine vessels were not only important ritual vessels.but also containers with elegance form and graceful pattern,which have far-reaching influence to Chinese traditional form and aesthetics. The paper analyzes the characters of rhythm and metre in bronze wine vessels’form curves through withdrawing and refining the form curves, and is presented to offer direction and consulted data to modern design of wine vessels.