The heavenly court
Subtitle: Daoist temple painting in China, 1200-1400
By: by Lennert Gesterkamp
Series: Sinica Leidensia -- v. 96; Sinica Leidensia -- v. 96.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9789004184909
Subjects: Ritual in art; Taoist mural painting and decoration; Taoist gods in art; Chinese Mural painting and decoration
Other titles: Daoist temple painting in China, 1200-1400
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-369) and index.
Table of contents: title: History and development. Four phases ; The development of the Chao-audience theme; title: Iconography. Yongle Gong ; Toronto Murals ; Nan'an ; Beiyue miao; title: Ritiual foundations. The Chao-audience ritual ; Paintings in the altar setting ; Cosmology; title: Mural production. Painting workshop ; Drawings ; Mural design; title: Personalisation. Yongle Gong ; Toronto Murals ; Nan'an ; Beiyue Miao; title: Conclusion.