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The divine nature of power : Chinese ritual architecture at the sacred site of Jinci /
"Using an interdisciplinary approach drawing on the research of archaeologists, anthropologists, and religious, social, and art historians, this book seeks to recover the motivations behind the creation of religious art, including temple buildings, sculptures, and wall paintings. Through an exa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;
62. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Using an interdisciplinary approach drawing on the research of archaeologists, anthropologists, and religious, social, and art historians, this book seeks to recover the motivations behind the creation of religious art, including temple buildings, sculptures, and wall paintings. Through an examination of building style and site organization, the author illuminates the multiplicity of meanings projected by buildings within a sacred landscape and the ability of competing patronage groups to modify those meanings with text and context, thereby affecting the identity of the deities housed within them. This study of the art and architecture of Jinci is thus about divine creations and their power to create divinity."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 265 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781684170463 168417046X |