Ways to Paradise

Ways to Paradise
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 9781000595536
ISBN-13 : 1000595536
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Book Synopsis Ways to Paradise by : Michael Loewe

Download or read book Ways to Paradise written by Michael Loewe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-04-30 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1979, in Ways to Paradise Michael Loewe, an internationally recognised authority on Han China, assesses a wealth of an archaeological evidence in an attempt to uncover the attitudes of the pre-Buddhist Chinese to matters relating to death and hereafter. Dr Loewe examines in particular three major subjects of Han art and iconography: a recently found silk painting from Central China dating from around 168 BC; the numerous bronze mirrors of the so-called TLV pattern that came into fashion at the beginning of the Christian era, and which are especially rich in cosmological symbolism; and the representations of the Queen Mother of the West which appear as a leading motif of Chinese art from perhaps a century later. These Dr Loewe sets within a framework of contemporary literature and historical incident to create a wonderfully vivid picture of religious life and thought in this early and fascinating period of Chinese history which was to contribute so much to later developments in Far Eastern Philosophy, religion and art.


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