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...
Published in: | Religion and the arts |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 59-91 |
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Song and Jin periods
northern China
funerary art
half-open door
heavenly worlds
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Volltext (Verlag) |