03070nam 2200685 a 450 991045737600332120200520144314.01-280-49357-797866135888071-86189-718-9(CKB)2550000000070995(EBL)811357(OCoLC)767502743(SSID)ssj0000941508(PQKBManifestationID)11473300(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941508(PQKBWorkID)10963614(PQKB)10668280(MiAaPQ)EBC811357(Au-PeEL)EBL811357(CaPaEBR)ebr10520513(CaONFJC)MIL358880(EXLCZ)99255000000007099520090624d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe art of the Yellow Springs[electronic resource] understanding Chinese tombs /Wu HungLondon Reaktion Booksc20101 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86189-624-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-254) and index.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; IndexNo 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 building tombs and furnishing them with exquisite objects and images.In art history these ancient burial sites have mainly been appreciated as 'treasure troves' of exciting and often previously unknown works of art. New trends in Chinese art history are challenging this way of studying funerary art: now aTombsChinaHistorySepulchral monumentsChinaHistoryGrave goodsChinaHistoryArchitecture, ChineseArt, ChineseCosmology, ChineseChinaAntiquitiesElectronic books.TombsHistory.Sepulchral monumentsHistory.Grave goodsHistory.Architecture, Chinese.Art, Chinese.Cosmology, Chinese.736/.50951Wu Hung1945-642986MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457376003321The art of the Yellow Springs2198755UNINA