Transmission of Han Pictorial Motifs into the Western Periphery: Fuxi and Nüwa in the Wei-Jin Mural Tombs in the Hexi Corridor

Transmission of Han Pictorial Motifs into the Western Periphery: Fuxi and Nüwa in the Wei-Jin Mural Tombs in the Hexi Corridor

This paper examines the ways in which Fuxi and Nüwa were depicted inside the mural tombs of the Wei-Jin dynasties along the Hexi Corridor as compared to their Han counterparts from the Central Plains. Pursuing typological, stylistic, and iconographic approaches, it investigates how the western peri...

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Main Author: Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2019-06-01
Series:Asian Studies
Subjects:
Fuxi, Nüwa, the Sun, the Moon, a Try Square, a Pair of Compasses, Han Dynasty, Wei-Jin Period, Shandong model, Migration.
Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/8458

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