Shadows of Mawangdui: Animating the Silk Daoyintu

by Ronald C. Smith and Antonio M. Carmone

Book Overview

Shadows of Mawangdui offers a fresh perspective on a set of drawings on silk called Daoyintu (Exercise Chart), part of a medical library that was unearthed from a Chinese tomb, dated 168 BCE. Substantially damaged, the silk is arguably one of the most enigmatic medical manuscripts found. Its forty-four static images give an intriguing but incomplete view of an ancient health practice, developed at a time when magical and medical concepts coexisted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931483701
• ISBN13: 9781931483704
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Three Pine Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"