Taoism and the arts of China

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Taoism and the arts of China

Stephen Little with Shawn Eichman ; with essays by Patricia Ebrey ... [et al.]

Arts Institute of Chicago in association with University of California Press, c2000

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Catalog of an exhibition held at The Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 4, 2000-Jan. 7, 2001, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Feb. 21-May 13, 2001

Includes bibliographical references (p.392-405) and index

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内容説明

This text brings together a remarkable collection of art from one of China's most ancient and influential traditions. Produced to accompany the first major exhibition ever organised on the Taoist philosophy and religion, this book includes more than 150 works of art from as early as the late Zhou dynasty (fifth-third century BC) to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Many of these works are paintings that show the breathtaking range of style and subjects that make the Taoist heritage so rich. Sculpture, calligraphy, rare books, textiles, and ritual objects are also represented. Like the exhibition, the book is organised thematically. It begins with the sage Laozi (to whom the Daode Jing is attributed), and moves on to explore the birth of religious Taoism and the interaction between Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. A wealth of subjects are covered: the gods of the Taoist pantheon, ritual, the boundaries and intersections between Taoism and popular religion, Taoist "immortals" and "realised beings", the role of alchemy, sacred landscape and its significance, and Taoist temples and their architecture. This book includes a series of introductory essays by scholars with a deep understandi

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Foreword (James M. Wood) Acknowledgments (Stephen Little) Notes to the Reader Map of China Chronological Table of Chinese Periods and Dynasties Taoism and the Arts of China (Stephen Little) Taoism: The Story of the Way (Kristofer Schipper) Taoist Architecture (Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt) Mapping Early Taoist Art: The Visual Culture of Wudoumi Dao (Wu Hung) Taoism and Art at the Court of Song Huizong (Patricia Ebrey) CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION I. THE FORMATION OF THE TAOIST TRADITION 1. Laozi and the Origins of Taoism 2. Heaven and Earth: Taoist Cosmology 3. Sacred Mountains and Cults of the Immortals II. THE TAOIST CHURCH 1. The Beginnings of Religious Taoism 2. Taoist Ritual 3. The Taoist Pantheon III. THE TAOIST RENAISSANCE 1. Taoism and Popular Religion 2. Divine Manifestations of Yin: Goddesses and Female Saints 3. Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior 4. Taoist Immortals 5. Inner Alchemy and Its Symbolism 6. The Sacred Landscape Chinese Names and Terms Bibliography Contributers Lenders to the Exhibition Photography Credits Index

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