LEADER 03033nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910810024803321 005 20240514063055.0 010 $a1-280-49357-7 010 $a9786613588807 010 $a1-86189-718-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000070995 035 $a(EBL)811357 035 $a(OCoLC)767502743 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000941508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11473300 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10963614 035 $a(PQKB)10668280 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC811357 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL811357 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10520513 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358880 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000070995 100 $a20090624d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe art of the Yellow Springs $eunderstanding Chinese tombs /$fWu Hung 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cReaktion Books$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86189-624-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [234]-254) and index. 327 $aThe 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; Index 330 $aNo 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 a 606 $aTombs$zChina$xHistory 606 $aSepulchral monuments$zChina$xHistory 606 $aGrave goods$zChina$xHistory 606 $aArchitecture, Chinese 606 $aArt, Chinese 606 $aCosmology, Chinese 607 $aChina$xAntiquities 615 0$aTombs$xHistory. 615 0$aSepulchral monuments$xHistory. 615 0$aGrave goods$xHistory. 615 0$aArchitecture, Chinese. 615 0$aArt, Chinese. 615 0$aCosmology, Chinese. 676 $a736/.50951 700 $aWu Hung$f1945-$0642986 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810024803321 996 $aThe art of the Yellow Springs$94054443 997 $aUNINA