Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Hanging Monastery
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Accession Number:
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188384
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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One of the figures in the sculpture hall, probably a bodhisattva (or Ma Gu)
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Date of View:
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6/5/2009
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Image description:
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The principal difference between Daoist and Buddhist figures is that whereas the latter are based on foreign prototypes (as this is), the former are Chinese and are dressed in contemporary Chinese styles.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module SEVEN
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Culture:
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Chinese
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; temples
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Work Types:
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complexes; sites (locations); historic sites
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious complexes; religious communities; monasteries (built complexes)
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Preferred Title:
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Hanging Monastery
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Agent Display:
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Unknown (Chinese)
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Date:
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rebuilt 1368-1911 (alteration)
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Materials:
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wood; polychrome glazed ceramic tile; stone; brick; paint
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Measurement:
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152.5 m2 (area)
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Alternate Title:
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Xu¿nkong S¿
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Alternate Title:
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Hanging Temple
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Alternate Title:
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Locations:
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Hunyuan, Shanxi, China
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Ming
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Style/Period:
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Northern Wei
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Style/Period:
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Qing
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Classification:
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Architecture
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