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The heavenly court : Daoist temple painting in China, 1200-1400 / by Lennert Gesterkamp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gesterkamp, Lennert.
- Series:
- Sinica Leidensia ; v. 96.
- Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 96
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taoist mural painting and decoration--China.
- Taoist mural painting and decoration.
- Mural painting and decoration, Chinese.
- Taoist gods in art.
- Ritual in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 380 pages, 96 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Daoist temple painting in China, 1200-1400
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-03925-7
- 9786613039255
- 90-04-19023-6
- OCLC:
- 714568788
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004184909.i-470 DOI
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