Spirits in Transcultural Skies : Auspicious and Protective Spirits in Artefacts and Architecture Between East and West /
The volume investigates the visualization of both ritual and decorative aspects of auspiciousness and protection in the form of celestial characters in art and architecture. In doing so, it covers more than two and a half millennia and a broad geographical area, documenting a practice found in nearl...
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Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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Other Authors: | Gutschow, Niels (Editor), Weiler, Katharina (Editor) |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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Series: | Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context,
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