Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Hanging Monastery
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Accession Number:
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188392
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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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Hall filled with sculpture; standing Daoist figures
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Date of View:
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6/5/2009
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Image description:
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Daoist figures tend to wear blue, red or black robes unless enjoying imperial rank; the statue of the Jade Emperor on Mt Tai is clothed in imperial yellow. Clay and wooden temple statues were painted, but occasionally the painted statue was also given real clothing.
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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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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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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; temples
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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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¿¿¿
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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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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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Northern Wei
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Style/Period:
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Ming
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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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