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- catalog abstract ""Up in Flames is the first comprehensive study of the traditional Chinese craft of paper sculpture - the construction in bamboo and paper of human figures, figures of gods, buildings, and other objects, all intended to be ritually burned. The book documents this ancient craft as it exists today in Taiwan. The fascinating fundamentals of the craft, the tools and materials, as well as the techniques used to construct houses and human figures, never investigated before, are described and illustrated in detail. The written material is augmented by many color photographs showing the objects, and the men and women who make them."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Ephemeral art of pasted-paper sculpture in Taiwan".
- catalog contributor b13126093.
- catalog contributor b13126094.
- catalog coverage "Taiwan Funeral customs and rites.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Up in Flames is the first comprehensive study of the traditional Chinese craft of paper sculpture - the construction in bamboo and paper of human figures, figures of gods, buildings, and other objects, all intended to be ritually burned. The book documents this ancient craft as it exists today in Taiwan. The fascinating fundamentals of the craft, the tools and materials, as well as the techniques used to construct houses and human figures, never investigated before, are described and illustrated in detail. The written material is augmented by many color photographs showing the objects, and the men and women who make them."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Chinese funerary beliefs -- History -- Ceremonies and paper sculptures in late twentieth-century Taiwan -- Craftsmen and suppliers -- Materials, tools, parts, and techniques -- Craft of paper sculpture as art.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-199) and index.".
- catalog extent "xx, 207 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0804734550 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Taiwan Funeral customs and rites.".
- catalog spatial "Taiwan".
- catalog spatial "Taiwan.".
- catalog subject "745.54 22".
- catalog subject "Funeral rites and ceremonies Taiwan.".
- catalog subject "NB1270.P3 L35 2004".
- catalog subject "Paper sculpture, Chinese Taiwan 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Chinese funerary beliefs -- History -- Ceremonies and paper sculptures in late twentieth-century Taiwan -- Craftsmen and suppliers -- Materials, tools, parts, and techniques -- Craft of paper sculpture as art.".
- catalog title "Ephemeral art of pasted-paper sculpture in Taiwan".
- catalog title "Up in flames : the ephemeral art of pasted-paper sculpture in Taiwan / Ellen Johnston Laing and Helen Hui-Ling Liu.".
- catalog type "text".