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Daoist Scripture Frontispieces and Their Archetypes
[Article]
Maggie C. K. Wan
Leiden
Brill
For over a thousand years, frontispieces for religious scriptures produced in China were based on two basic compositions: the diagonal composition and the symmetrical composition. The two compositions enjoyed persistent currency by offering great flexibility for religious sects to fill in the compositions with their own patron gods and saints. Meanwhile they served different functions: while the diagonal composition illustrates the narrative of the scripture, the symmetrical composition focuses on the main deity and its pantheon, and engages viewer-worshippers in the assembly depicted. Daoism appropriated the two basic compositions and developed its own tradition of scripture frontispieces. This essay analyzes frontispieces for the Scripture of the Jade Emperor as a case study. By portraying deities of different natures in the frontispieces, Daoists specified the means whereby the main deity bestowed divine assistance upon the commissioners of the scripture, and distinguished Daoist scripture frontispieces from their Buddhist counterparts by placing extra emphasis on the frontispieces' efficacy.
2016
197-230
Religion and the Arts
20/1-2
1568-5292
Art History
Buddhism
Comparative Religion & Religious Studies
Daoism
frontispiece
History
Jade Emperor
Religious Studies
scripture
Maggie C. K. Wan
10.1163/15685292-02001009
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