Realms Beyond

This article explores a mysterious but well-studied pictorial subject in Chinese visual art, namely the half-open door. The scene often shows a female figure standing in or emerging from the middle of two door-leaves, suggesting a path or an access to a certain space and also indicating a view incom...

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Published in:Religion and the arts
Main Author: Deng, Fei (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Religion and the arts
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 59-91
Further subjects:B Song and Jin periods northern China funerary art half-open door heavenly worlds
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)