The Zoomorphic Arts of Ancient Central Eurasia

• Other Authors: Andreeva, Petya (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: The arts; History of art / art & design styles; animal art; human-animal relations; migration; ecological perspective; Xianbei; Northern Wei; Northeast Asia; Chu culture; zhenmushou; regionalism; funerary sculpture; lacquer; hybrid animals; material culture; Eastern Zhou; Early China; China; Hexi Corridor; tombs; Buddhist caves; cave temples; Wei-Jin; Dingjiazha; Silk Roads; Dunhuang; Jiuquan; Siberia; animal style; nomadic art; Peter the Great; Saka; Scythian; archaeological science; Iron Age; hare; Han mortuary art; Eastern Han tomb reliefs; animals in mortuary art; zoomorphic art; Saka nomadic tradition; horse and weaponry gear; etched carnelian beads; Iron Age agropastoral settlements; world-systems analysis; Pazyryk Culture; Animal Style; Eurasia; Scytho-Siberian; deer/horse imagery
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The volume focuses on the zoomorphic art and design systems of ancient China and Central Asia. It offers a glimpse into convergent and shifting concepts of zoomorphism across political and cultural boundaries, and places special emphasis on nomadic cultural spheres. The papers explore the role of an...