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The Tomb Guardians
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Author : Paul Griffiths
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-30
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The Four Gods Figurines As Tomb Guardians
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Author : Lok Man Yang
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-12-29
The Four Gods Figurines As Tomb Guardians written by Lok Man Yang and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-29 with History categories.
This book employs a biographical approach to comprehensively study a set of Tang era-tomb guardian figurines, known as the Four Gods (Sishen), comprising a pair of warriors (Dangkuang and Dangye) and a pair of hybrid beasts (Zuming and Dizhou). These objects were exclusively used by officials until 841 AD and were mainly found in capitals then. They disappeared in the 9th century AD. The book is divided into three sections. Part one focuses on their symbolism through names, images, burial contexts, associated ritual regulations, and the interplay of all of these, revealing their dual significance – apotropaic and political, tied to ritual propriety, nuo exorcism, yin-yang divination, and more. Part two explores their connection to other supernatural tomb figurines in the early and middle Tang periods, challenging previous theories and highlighting regional standardization. Additionally, this part delves into the Four Gods’ regulated production, government oversight, and role in funerary processions. Part three examines their disappearance due to shifting views on the afterlife and diminishing national power. It also explores changes in the usage of related tomb objects after the Tang era, focusing on protective functions and spatial concepts.
Arky Steele Guardian Of The Tomb
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Author : E. Coombe
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-07-09
Arky Steele Guardian Of The Tomb written by E. Coombe and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-09 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A gripping, action-packed new adventure series. Arky Steele is a not your average 12-year-old: his mother is an adventurer and his father is an archaeologist. With them, he travels the world hunting for ancient treasures and trying to stay one step ahead of their nemesis, evil billionaire Goran Rulec. In Guardian of the Tomb, Arky accompanies his dad on a mission to Mongolia to find the lost treasure of one of the world’s most infamous despots, Genghis Khan. But they are not alone: a band of criminals is determined to thwart Arky at every turn. E. Coombe’s fast-paced writing in the Arky Steele Adventures is full of twists and turns, blending danger, suspense and humour. Arky's story continues in THE CURSED CITY, also now available.
Tomb Travellers
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Author : Roy Pond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Tomb Travellers written by Roy Pond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Tombs categories.
Early To Medieval Chinese Pottery
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Author : Richard A. Pegg
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-10-17
Early To Medieval Chinese Pottery written by Richard A. Pegg and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-17 with Art categories.
A thorough and stunning look at The MacLean Collection Asian Art Museum, which consists of more than five thousand objects, from Neolithic times to the present, focused in three media--pottery, bronze, and stone from primarily China and Southeast Asia. A selection of Chinese pottery from the MacLean Collection of Asian art, dating from the Neolithic period (ca. 10, 000-2000 BCE) to the Tang dynasty (618-906), providing insights into the material culture, belief systems, and social development of early to medieval China. Nowhere in the world has such a rich, distinguished, and continuous tradition of pottery production developed as in China. From the Neolithic period (ca. 10, 000-2000 BCE) to the Tang dynasty (618-906), the art of Chinese pottery making has developed as much in response to functional and aesthetic considerations as to technological improvement. The forty-eight objects selected from the MacLean Collection Asian Art Museum represent some of the most important stages of this unparallel tradition when the forms, the artistic styles, and the techniques of pottery making emerged, improved, and sophisticated. They also provide insights into the material culture, belief systems, and social development of early and medieval China. OFFICIAL MUSEUM COLLECTION: An inside look into the rare collection of Asian Art both achived pieces and those currently on display in the museum located in Chicago, Illinois PERFECT FOR ART LOVERS: With enthralling photography and it's sleek hardcover, this book makes an exquisite gift for museum and art lovers everywhere CURATED FOR YOU BY THE BEST: Authored by three of the finest doctors and curators of ancient, modern, and contemporary Chinese art and pottery
Art And Architecture Of China
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Author : Shelia Hollihan-Elliot
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-09-02
Art And Architecture Of China written by Shelia Hollihan-Elliot and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-02 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
China has a rich artistic tradition extending back thousands of years. Art and Architecture of China surveys the art treasures of this vibrant civilization, from ancient and imperial China to today's People's Republic. The arts of each era are interpreted in the context of the life, culture, and politics of that era, offering insights to their meaning and showing how China's artistic output has reflected the development of Chinese society and thought. Art forms studied include ancient bronze ritual vessels and jade; the Three Perfections (calligraphy, poetry, and brush painting); ceramics and porcelain; sculpture; decorative and folk art; and modern, Western-influenced painting. Traditional Chinese architecture and town planning is also explored, revealing key technologies and design principles. In addition, today's interplay between traditional architecture and cutting-edge modernism is examined.
Guardians Of The Secret Tomb
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Author : T M Sills
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-09
Guardians Of The Secret Tomb written by T M Sills and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09 with categories.
If you were a Star Child (and you might be!) what would you do if your airplane crashed in the middle of a jungle in Ecuador? Marcy and Mike find themselves in exactly this situation. They meet Quilla, a descendent of an ancient Aztec tribe. The two friends find out things they shouldn't know and have secrets to keep themselves. Marcy's parents are badly injured. The only adult unhurt should be able to help-but will she? Everything depends upon the friendship of Marcy and Mike with Quilla, an Aztec girl selected for sacrifice to the gods.
The Weight Of The Past
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Author : M. Lambek
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-30
The Weight Of The Past written by M. Lambek and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-30 with Social Science categories.
In The Weight of the Past , Michael Lambek explores the complex ways that history shapes, constrains, and enables daily life. Focusing on ritual performances of spirit mediumship in a multifaceted religious landscape, Lambek's analysis reveals the multiple ways that Sakalava 'bear' history. In Mahajanga, Madagascar, to bear history is at once a weighty obligation, a creative re-birthing, a scrupulous cultivation, and an exuberant performance of the past. To bear history is to serve and to suffer it, but also to be informed, enlightened, and sanctified. Royal ancestors emerge in spirit mediums to comment on the present from multiple voices and generate a refracted, ironic historical consciousness. This book describes the division of labour, creative production (poiesis), and ethical practice (phronesis) entailed in imagining, embodying, and serving the past. It is at once a vivid ethnography of Sakalava life and a significant intervention in anthropological debates on culture and history, structure and practice, advocating a theoretical approach informed by Aristotelian categories of understanding. Ethnographically rich and engagingly written, this book will be essential reading for courses in the anthropology of religion, ritual, or historical consciousness.
A Guardian
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Author : Eastin Deverna
language : en
Publisher: Source Point Press
Release Date : 2023-04-11
A Guardian written by Eastin Deverna and has been published by Source Point Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-11 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
The guardian of a sacred tomb faces the burden of respobsibility in the face of a war that threatens to end the world. "High up in the Windy Mountains, there is a tomb. And there are rumors about this tomb." Aylward is the ancient guardian of The Tomb of Livia. When the Northern, Middle, and Southern kingdoms of the Great Sphere plunge into a three-pronged war once again, events are set in motion that will trigger the beginning of the End Times, and Aylward will soon find that the fate of the realm is a heavy weight to bear, indeed. Collects A. Guardian Vol. 1 #1-3
Six Dynasties Civilization
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Author : Albert E. Dien
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Six Dynasties Civilization written by Albert E. Dien and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with History categories.
The Six Dynasties, also known as the "Dark Age” of Chinese history, was a period of political disunity and conflict but also one of important developments in the arts, religion, and culture. This comprehensive and extensively illustrated book covers the material culture of the Six Dynasties, A.D. 220 to 589. Albert E. Dien, a foremost expert on the period, draws on the archaeological findings of mainland China journals as well as historical and literary sources to clarify and interpret the database of over 1,800 tombs developed for this volume. During the Six Dynasties, the influences of non-Chinese nomads, the flourishing of Buddhism, and increasing numbers of foreign merchants in the capitals brought about widespread change. The book explores what the archaeological artifacts reveal about this era of innovation and experimentation between the Han and Tang dynasties.