Li, Kin Sum. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-148). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; includes Chinese. / Title --- p.i / Abstract --- p.iv / Acknowledgement --- p.v / Table of Contents --- p.vii / Chronology --- p.x / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter a. --- Literature review / Chapter b. --- Introduction to Tianxingguan (TXG) Tomb2 / Chapter i. --- Importance of the tomb / Chapter ii. --- Dating of TXG Tomb2 / Chapter c. --- Defining Chu religious art / Chapter i. --- "What is ""Chu""?" / Chapter ii. --- "What is ""Chu religious art""" / Chapter d. --- Methodology / Chapter 2. --- "The drum stand, the statue and the ""tomb guardian""" --- p.21 / Chapter a. --- General introduction to three artifacts in TXG Tomb2 / Chapter b. --- The drum stand in the form of two birds on two tigers / Chapter i. --- Development of our understanding of the artistic features of the drum stand / Chapter ii. --- Its musical function / Chapter iii. --- "Contextual relationship of the drum stand: dancing, feasting, hunting, taming animals and shamanism" / Chapter c. --- The statue of an antlered bird standing on a tiger / Chapter i. --- The statue and the antlers / Chapter ii. --- Roles of the deer / Chapter 1. --- Deer and music / Chapter 2. --- Deer as mounts: transcendence and immortality / Chapter 3. --- Deer antlers as weapons / Chapter 4. --- Multifunctional deer / Chapter iii. --- Functions of the statue / Chapter d. --- "The ""tomb guardian""" / Chapter i. --- "Typology of the ""tomb guardians""" / Chapter 1. --- Single and double-animal-headed sculpture / Chapter 2. --- Human-headed sculptures / Chapter 3. --- Sculptures in human shape / Chapter 4. --- Sculptures in animal shape / Chapter 5. --- Sculptures in abstract human shape / Chapter 6. --- Miscellaneous / Chapter ii. --- "Nomenclatures and functions of the ""tomb guardians""" / Chapter 1. --- Guarding role / Chapter 2. --- Musical function / Chapter e. --- "The drum stand, the statue and the tomb guardian" / Chapter 3. --- The bird-man figure and the toad --- p.80 / Chapter a. --- General introduction to the TXG Tomb 2 lacquered bird-man figure and hybrid toad / Chapter b. --- Bird-man figures / Chapter i. --- "ossible cultural interactions among Xin'gan, Sanxingdui and Chu cultures" / Chapter ii. --- Bird-man figures in the Warring States and Haneriod / Chapter 1. --- Bird-man figures on four bronze vessels / Chapter 2. --- ossible origins of the head ornaments / Chapter 3. --- Bird-man figures' taming animals / Chapter c. --- Toads / Chapter i. --- Sanxingdui stone toad / Chapter ii. --- Frogs in Dian culture / Chapter iii. --- Toads in Chu culture / Chapter iv. --- Toads in Han art / Chapter 1. --- Toads in the legend of Xiwangmu/Queen Mother of the West / Chapter d. --- Bird-man figures and toads / Chapter 4. --- Conclusion --- p.121 / Chapter a. --- The assemblage of religious art / Chapter b. --- Hierarchies ofower andower relationships / Chapter c. --- Religious transformation / Bibliography --- p.129 / Illustrations (separate binding) / Chapter 1. --- p.2 / Chapter 2. --- p.6 / Chapter 3. --- p.42
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327108 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Contributors | Li, Kin Sum., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of East Asian Studies. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 148, 74, [1] leaves : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | To 221 B.C, China, Jingzhou Shi (Hubei Sheng), China, Jingzhou Shi (Hubei Sheng), China, To 221 B.C, Jingzhou Shi (Hubei Sheng, China) |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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