Picturing heaven in early China /

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Tian, or Heaven, had multiple meanings in early China. It had been used since the Western Zhou to indicate both the sky and the highest god, and later came to be regarded as a force driving the movement of the cosmos and as a home to deities and imaginary animals. By the Han dynasty, which saw an ou...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tseng, Lillian Lan-ying (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute, 2011.
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 336.
Subjects:
221 B.C.-220 A.D.
Cosmology in art.
Astronomy in art.
Art and mythology.
Art, Chinese > Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D. > Themes, motives.
Cosmologie dans l'art.
Astronomie dans l'art.
Art et mythologie.
Art chinois > 221 av. J.-C.-220 (Dynasties des Qin et des Han) > Thèmes, motifs.
Art, Chinese > Themes, motives.
Astronomy.
Cosmology.
Militärische Raumfahrt
Kosmologie > Motiv
Kunst
Qingdynastie
Handynastie
Himmel
Himlen i konsten > Kina.
China
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Images and references
  • Constructing the cosmic view
  • Engraving auspicious omens
  • Imaging celestial journeys
  • Highlight celestial markers
  • Mapping celestial bodies
  • Conclusion: Visibility and visuality.

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