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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789824203321

Autore

Gesterkamp Lennert

Titolo

The heavenly court : Daoist temple painting in China, 1200-1400 / / Lennert Gesterkamp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-03925-7

9786613039255

90-04-19023-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 380 pages, 96 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Sinica Leidensia, , 0169-9563

Disciplina

755/.995140951

Soggetti

Taoist mural painting and decoration - China

Mural painting and decoration, Chinese

Taoist gods in art

Ritual in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / L. Gesterkamp -- Introduction / L. Gesterkamp -- 1. History And Development / L. Gesterkamp -- 2. Iconography / L. Gesterkamp -- 3. Ritual Foundations / L. Gesterkamp -- 4. Mural Production / L. Gesterkamp -- 5. Personalisation / L. Gesterkamp -- Conclusion / L. Gesterkamp -- Tables / L. Gesterkamp -- Bibliography / L. Gesterkamp -- Index / L. Gesterkamp -- Plates / L. Gesterkamp -- Figures / L. Gesterkamp -- Drawings / L. Gesterkamp.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most magnificent and enduring themes in Chinese painting history can be found depicted in Daoist temples from the local village up to the very capital, viz., the paintings of the Heavenly Court (chaoyuan tu). Surprisingly, its images have remained largely unstudied in Western scholarship. Drawing on a comparative study of four complete sets of wall paintings dating back to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (the oldest examples), and their related images, painting criticism, stele inscriptions, and Daoist ritual manuals, the author offers the first comprehensive study of the historical development, iconography, ritual context, methods of mural design,



and the personalisations made by patrons of the four Heavenly Court paintings.