{"product_id":"the-art-of-terrestrial-diagrams-in-early-china-9780226827469","title":"The Art of Terrestrial Diagrams in Early China","description":"\u003cb\u003eA study of early Chinese maps using interdisciplinary methods. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the first English-language monograph on the early history of maps in China, centering on those found in three tombs that date from the fourth to the second century BCE and constitute the entire known corpus of early Chinese maps (\u003ci\u003editu\u003c\/i\u003e). More than a millennium separates them from the next available map in the early twelfth century CE. Unlike extant studies that draw heavily from the history of cartography, this book offers an alternative perspective by mobilizing methods from art history, archaeology, material culture, religion, and philosophy. It examines the diversity of forms and functions in early Chinese \u003ci\u003editu \u003c\/i\u003eto argue that these pictures did not simply represent natural topography and built environments, but rather made and remade worlds for the living and the dead. Wang explores the multifaceted and multifunctional diagrammatic tradition of rendering space in early China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle H. Wang\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of art and humanities at Reed College. Her scholarship has been published in \u003ci\u003eArt History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArtibus Asiae\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50509445628178,"sku":"9780226827469","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a1b7802d-e2ad-42eb-b012-09da73e16338.jpg?v=1730898918","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-art-of-terrestrial-diagrams-in-early-china-9780226827469","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}