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Author Tseng, Lillian Lan-ying, author.

Title Picturing heaven in early China / Lillian Lan-ying Tseng.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute, 2011.
Distributed by Harvard University Press.

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 446 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Harvard East Asian monographs ; 336
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 336.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Images and references -- Constructing the cosmic view -- Engraving auspicious omens -- Imaging celestial journeys -- Highlight celestial markers -- Mapping celestial bodies -- Conclusion: Visibility and visuality.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Cosmology in art.
Cosmology in art.
Astronomy in art.
Astronomy in art.
Art and mythology.
Art and mythology.
Art, Chinese -- Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D. -- Themes, motives.
Art, Chinese -- Themes, motives.
Astronomy.
Cosmology.
China.
Chronological Term 221 B.C.-220 A.D.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Tseng, Lillian Lan-ying. Picturing heaven in early China. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2011 9780674060692 (DLC) 2011003019 (OCoLC)676725374
ISBN 9781684175093 (electronic book)
1684175097 (electronic book)
9780674060692 (print)
0674060695 (print)