Miniature buildings in the Liao (907-1125) and the Northern Song (960-1127) periods

Thesis

This thesis is concerned with the construction and uses of miniature buildings in the Liao (907-1125) and the Northern Song (960-1127) periods in China. These miniature buildings exploited the components of Chinese traditional architecture on a small or greatly reduced scale. To date no work has taken the position of this thesis to examine this corpus of miniature buildings that were used widely in tombs and temples as containers to provide coverings for coffins, and to hold images of deit...

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Authors: Chen, X

• Publication date: 2011
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: miniature; models; architecture; Song; Liao; China
• Subjects: History of art and visual culture; Archeology; Architecture; Materials studies (archaeology); History of Asia & Far East