Imperial Tombs in Tang China, 618-907 - The Politics of Paradise

Informationen zum Autor Tonia Eckfeld is Senior Fellow in Art History and Asian Studies at the University of Melbourne. She lectures internationally on the art and architectural history of China, India and Japan. She has conducted extensive research throughout Asia, and has received numerous academic awards, including a research fellowship to Harvard. Klappentext This important landmark book looks at the religious! political! social and artistic significance of the Imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Zusammenfassung Intellectually and visually stimulating, this important landmark book looks at the religious, political, social and artistic significance of the Imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Place, Form and Function 1. Ambition and Archetype 2. Li Xian's Tomb 3. Relative Status 4. Builders and Painters 5. Passages of Rites Part 2: Visions of Kingdoms 6. Palatial Quarters 7. Pleasures and Protocols 8. Courtly Women Conclusion Index

Product details

• Authors: Tonia Eckfeld, Tonia (University of Chicago Eckfeld, Eckfeld Tonia, Tonia Eckfeld
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2005
• EAN: 9780415302203
• ISBN: 978-0-415-30220-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / China, CE period up to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying