Funerary banner from tomb No.1, MA-WANG-TUI : Painting as a deviated notational system
The philosophical studies of Yamaguchi University Volume 8
Page 37-73
published_at 1999
Title
馬王堆一号漢墓出土の昇仙図 : 表記システムとしての絵画
Funerary banner from tomb No.1, MA-WANG-TUI : Painting as a deviated notational system
Creators
Toyama Kikuko
Source Identifiers
With its diagrammatic, notational quality, the painting of the funerary banner from the Han tomb no.1 at Ma-wang-tui exemplifies the ambivalent nature of pictorial space ― characteristic to ancient Chinese painting ― in which the space of painting and that of writing are not fully differentiated but rather Merged. In this paper I will first discuss the synecdochic and emblematic representation of the spiritual journey of the deceased (1. Metaphorical landscape : reduction to elements), and then a superimposition of two kinds of spaces, figurative and ornamental (2. Oscillating images: representation vs. decoration). Finally, in the course of retracing the pictographic origins of Chinese painting as well as writing, I will suggest a possible alternative view of the art form
Languages
eng
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Publishers
山口大学哲学研究会
Date Issued
1999
File Version
Not Applicable (or Unknown)
Access Rights
metadata only access
Relations
[ISSN]0919-357X
[NCID]AN10403441