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The art of the Yellow Springs : understanding Chinese tombs /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wu Hung, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Tombs > China > History.
Sepulchral monuments > China > History.
Grave goods > China > History.
Architecture, Chinese.
Art, Chinese.
Cosmology, Chinese.
China > Antiquities.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Ch. 1. Spatiality. From casket grave to chamber grave
  • A tripartite universe
  • Representing the soul
  • Ch. 2. Materiality. Spirit articles
  • Tomb figurines and the medium of representation
  • The body : preservation and transformation
  • Ch. 3. Temporality. Cosmic/Mythic time
  • "Lived objects"
  • Historical narratives
  • Journey
  • Coda : portraying Chinese tombs
  • References
  • Works cited
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index.