The art of the Yellow Springs
Subtitle: understanding Chinese tombs
By: Wu Hung.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press; Univ of Hawaii Pr
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780824834265
Subjects: Tombs -- China -- History; Sepulchral monuments -- China -- History; Grave goods -- China -- History; Architecture, Chinese; Art, Chinese; Cosmology, Chinese; China -- Antiquities
Other titles: Understanding Chinese tombs
Description: 272 p. : 26 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ch. 1. Spatiality. From casket grave to chamber grave; title: A tripartite universe; title: Representing the soul; title: Ch. 2. Materiality. Spirit articles; title: Tomb figurines and medium of representation; title: The body : preservation and transformation; title: Ch. 3. Temporality. Cosmic/Mythic time; title: "Lived objects"; title: Historical narratives; title: Journey; title: Coda portraying Chinese tombs; title: Notes; title: Works cited; title: Index.