Jinming Shi (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Theater, Life, and the Afterlife - Tomb Decor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi, edited by Shi Jinming, Willow Weilan Hai ChangThis is a picture album of folk dwelling tile carvings collected by Shanxi Museum. It collects more than 100 tile carving works about people, landscape, flowers, birds, and stories. As a typical traditional folk art, tile carving has strong regional features. This book gives a detailed and comprehensive introduction to tile carving chronologically and tells its history and distribution of traditional opera tile carving in Jin Dynasty. In good condition throughout. The volume has once been a library copy, and has a sticker on the spine in reference to this. Copyright © Beijing Science Publisher. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Minor Wear on edges and corners. Clean pages with no markings. Ships same day in most cases!Any queries, just ask for photos. Your satisfaction matters.

Paperback. Condition: New. Chinese Edition; This is a picture album of folk dwelling tile carvings collected by Shanxi Museum. It collects more than 100 tile carving works about people, landscape, flowers, birds, and stories. As a typical traditional folk art, tile carving has strong regional features. This book gives a detailed and comprehensive introduction to tile carving chronologically and tells its history and distribution of traditional opera tile carving in Jin Dynasty.…

Paperback. Condition: VG. Ilustrated wraps 172 pages : color illustrations, color maps. English/Chinese text."Brick carving is a traditional folk art that was used to decorate architecture and adorn tombs. Excavations in recent decades have uncovered unique and theatrically-themed brick carvings from the Shanxi province, revealing a passion for theater and opera in this region during the Jin dynasty. The tombs of Shanxi, adorned with beautiful, intricate brick carvings and other décor, illustrate two kinds of popular entertainment: Za Ju, formal performances of written plays and San Qu, performances related to village festivals. An entirely reconstructed tomb will offer visitors a window into the ways ancient art patrons transferred the artistic joys of life into the afterlife. Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi, brings to life the intersection of the brick carving and theater traditions."-Dustjacket.…