Description |
xx, 265 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm |
Series |
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 62 |
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Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 62
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Contents |
Map of Song, Xi Xia, and Liao empires, ca. 1100 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Jinci : place and name -- 3. Taiyuan and the first ancestor of Jin -- 4. The shrine of Shu Yu of Tang -- 5. The Jin River and the emergence of the spirit of the Jin Springs -- 6. The Song-dynasty temple to the Sage Mother -- 7. Manipulating the spirits of Jin -- 8. Conclusion : the temple and shrine as an expression of divine presence -- App. A. Dates of extant structures in the Jinci complex |
Summary |
"Using an interdisciplinary approach drawing on the research of archaeologists, anthropologists, and religious, social, and art historians, this book seeks to recover the motivations behind the creation of religious art, including temple buildings, sculptures, and wall paintings. Through an examination of building style and site organization, the author illuminates the multiplicity of meanings projected by buildings within a sacred landscape and the ability of competing patronage groups to modify those meanings with text and context, thereby affecting the identity of the deities housed within them. This study of the art and architecture of Jinci is thus about divine creations and their power to create divinity."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-256) and index |
Subject |
Jin ci (Taiyuan, Shanxi Sheng, China)
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Architecture and religion.
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Architecture and state -- China -- Taiyuan (Shanxi Sheng)
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Architecture -- China -- Taiyuan (Shanxi Sheng)
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Author |
Harvard University. Asia Center.
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Harvard-Yenching Institute.
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LC no. |
2006100699 |
ISBN |
067402513X (cl : alk. paper) |
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9780674025134 (cl : alk. paper) |
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