Miller, Tracy, 1966-

The divine nature of power : Chinese ritual architecture at the sacred site of Jinci / Tracy Miller.

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2007.

xx, 265 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 62

"Using an interdisciplinary approach drawing on the research of archaeologists, anthropologists, and religious, social, and art historians, this book seeks to recover the motivations behind the creation of religious art, including temple buildings, sculptures, and wall paintings. Through an examination of building style and site organization, the author illuminates the multiplicity of meanings projected by buildings within a sacred landscape and the ability of competing patronage groups to modify those meanings with text and context, thereby affecting the identity of the deities housed within them. This study of the art and architecture of Jinci is thus about divine creations and their power to create divinity."--BOOK JACKET.

9780674025134 (cl ; alk. paper)
067402513X (cl ; alk. paper)

Jin ci (Taiyuan, Shanxi Sheng, China)
Jinci.
Architecture and religion.
Architecture and state China Taiyuan (Shanxi Sheng)
Architecture et religion.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Chine Taiyuan.
Architecture and state
Architektur
Songdynastie
Tempel
Temples China.
Holy places China.
China Taiyuan (Shanxi Sheng)
Jinci Taiyuan
Taiyuan (Shanxi Sheng, China) Buildings, structures, etc.

Harvard University. Asia Center.
Harvard-Yenching Institute.
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 62.

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Cote: BIB 182157
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