Scattered throughout China, in remote mountain areas, rice fields, school yards and dusty plains, are thousands of monumental stone figures of men, animals and mythological creatures. These sculptures were carved to line the avenues, or spirit roads, leading to the tombs of important people. They encompass two thousand years of history, from the spirit road statue on a Han dynasty tomb in 117 B.C. to figures on the tomb of a direct descendant of Confucius in 1934.
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Scattered throughout China, in remote mountain areas, rice fields, school yards and dusty plains, are thousands of monumental stone figures of men, animals and mythological creatures. These sculptures were carved to line the avenues, or spirit roads, leading to the tombs of important people. They encompass two thousand years of history, from the spirit road statue on a Han dynasty tomb in 117 B.C. to figures on the tomb of a direct descendant of Confucius in 1934.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 28 cm.; Dust jacket condition: Very Good. Very nice and clean. Text free of highlighting and writing. Tightly bound. Jacket protected in Brodart. Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-280) and index. xiii, 290 p. : ill. (some col. ), map; 28 cm. 290 pages. Statues--China, Monuments--China, Sculpture, Chinese, Human beings in art, Animals in art.
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As new, clean, tight and bright condition, with bright and crisp dust jacket which is now in a clear protective mylar sleeve. Size: 9" x 11". 290pp, 296 black & white plates, 9 tables, 16 charts.
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Very good(+) in very good(+) jacket. Many illustrations, some in color. xiii + 289 pages, 4to, cloth, d.w.; some spotting along top edge of front cover. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1991). Internally fine, a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0300045972. Asian name chop on endpaper; else fine in fine jacket; Yale Historical Publications Series; 11.25 X 9 X 1 inches; 290 pages.
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Textual illustrations. Bottom binding corner edge rubbed. VG., dustwrapper. 29x22cm, xiii, 290 pp., Weighs 1400 grams. "Scattered throughout China, in remote mountain areas, rice fields, school yards and dusty plains, are thousands of monumental stone figures of men, animals and mythological creatures. These sculptures were carved to line the avenues, or spirit roads, leading to the tombs of important people. They encompass two thousand years of history, from the spirit road statue on a Han dynasty tomb in 117 B.C. to figures on the tomb of a direct descendant of Confucius in 1934. The statuary belongs to the classical tradition of Chinese sculpture that predated and then coexisted with the better-known Buddhist sculptural tradition. Drawing on ten years of fieldwork during which the author studied and photographed these sculptures in remote areas of China, she discusses their form and content, records their history and places them in their architectural philosophical and political contexts. She evaluates their position in Chinese art, discussing the role of the sculptor in Chinese society, the traditional Chinese attitude toward sculpture, and the development of sculptural techniques. She also demonstrates that, apart from its intrinsic artistic interest, the statuary reveals much about contemporary funerary practices, court costumes, and other customs and beliefs"-publisher's description.