"In Building a Sacred Mountain," Wei-Cheng Lin traces the confluence of factors that produced this transformation and argues that monastic architecture, more than texts, icons, relics, or pilgrimages, was the key to Mount Wutai's emergence as a sacred site. Departing from traditional architectural scholarship, Lin's interdisciplinary approach goes beyond the analysis of forms and structures to show how the built environment can work in tandem with practices and discourses to provide a space for encountering the divine.
Wei-Cheng Lin is assistant professor of Chinese art history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"A well-researched, serious, significant book on fascinating subjects with profound impact on Chinese civilization." - Nancy Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania
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"In Building a Sacred Mountain," Wei-Cheng Lin traces the confluence of factors that produced this transformation and argues that monastic architecture, more than texts, icons, relics, or pilgrimages, was the key to Mount Wutai's emergence as a sacred site. Departing from traditional architectural scholarship, Lin's interdisciplinary approach goes beyond the analysis of forms and structures to show how the built environment can work in tandem with practices and discourses to provide a space for encountering the divine.
Wei-Cheng Lin is assistant professor of Chinese art history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"A well-researched, serious, significant book on fascinating subjects with profound impact on Chinese civilization." - Nancy Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania
Imprint | University of Washington Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | May 2014 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | March 2014 |
Authors | Wei-Cheng Lin |
Dimensions | 254 x 178 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards |
Pages | 344 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-295-99352-2 |
Barcode | 9780295993522 |
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LSN | 0-295-99352-9 |