Ming Taizu's Legacy as Iconoclast
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11206435 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah A Sommer, Deborah Sommer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 2004 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-106 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ming Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-037X • E-ISSN: 1759-7595 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/014703704788762808 |
| OpenAlex | W2012997173 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Ming Taizu is known metaphorically as an iconoclast because of his reforms of Chinese political institutions. Here, however, “iconoclast“ is understood more specifically as someone who espouses or supports the elimination of figural images used in ritual contexts. The term “figural images” as used here refers to anthropomorphic images, as opposed to less representational objects such as spirit tablets that are inscribed with written names. Reforms of the iconography of selected temples during the Hongwu era were indeed literally iconoclastic, for Taizu promulgated orders to destroy (or perhaps hide) certain kinds of anthropomorphic images and replace them with spirit tablets
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Iconography · Inscribed figure · Literature · Political science · Politics · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |