Author: Krannert Art Museum

Sacred mountains in Chinese art : an exhibition organized by the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois and curated by Kiyohiko Munakata : Krannert Art Museum, November 9-December 16, 1990, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 25-March 31, 1991
Date1991
Publish_locationChampaign, IL
PublisherKrannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library [Luce]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook (Exhibition catalog)
Series
ShelfSeminar Room 102-103
Call NumberN8214.5.C6 M86 1990
Descriptionvii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 36 cm
Note

Sacred mountains in Chinese art : an exhibition organized by the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois and curated by Kiyohiko Munakata : Krannert Art Museum, November 9-December 16, 1990, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 25-March 31, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index.

Essay: Sacred mountains in early Chinese art -- Catalogue: I. The geography and topography of the sacred mountains. Maps of China ; Topography of the sacred mountains -- II. Early symbolic images of the sacred mountains. The warring states period ; The Han Dynasty and subsequent periods -- III. Mountains and Daoistic images of the Immortals' realm. Daoists' holy sites ; Courtly images of the Land of Immortals ; Fantasies of intellectuals ; Peach blossom spring ; Gardens, rocks, and jade carvings -- IV. Mountains as spiritual home.

 

SubjectArt, Chinese--Exhibitions Mountains--China--Religious aspects Mountains in art--Exhibitions
ISBN0252061888 ; 9780252061882
LCCN90048468