The Art of the Yellow Springs : Understanding Chinese Tombs.

No other civilization in the pre-modern world was more obsessed with creating underground burial structures than the Chinese. For at least five thousand years, from the fourth millennium BCE to the early twentieth century, Chinese people devoted an extraordinary amount of wealth and labour to buildi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hung, Wu
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2011.
Temas:
Architecture, Chinese.
Art, Chinese.
Cosmology, Chinese.
Grave goods > China > History.
Sepulchral monuments > China > History.
Tombs > China > History.
Architecture chinoise.
Art chinois.
Cosmologie chinoise.
Mobilier funéraire > Chine > Histoire.
Tombeaux > Chine > Histoire.
Antiquities
Architecture, Chinese
Art, Chinese
Cosmology, Chinese
Grave goods
Sepulchral monuments
Tombs
China > Antiquities.
Chine > Antiquités.
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Art of the Yellow Springs Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Spatiality; From Casket Grave to Chamber Grave; A Tripartite Universe; Representing the Soul; 2. Materiality; Spirit Articles; Tomb Figurines and the Medium of Representation; The Body: Preservation and Transformation; 3. Temporality; Cosmic/Mythic Time; 'Lived Objects'; Historical Narratives; Journey; Coda: Portraying Chinese Tombs; References; Works Cited; Index.

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