Up in flames : the ephemeral art of pasted-paper sculpture in Taiwan

Publication Data

• Title Up in flames : the ephemeral art of pasted-paper sculpture in Taiwan
• Author Ellen Johnston Laing
• Contributor Helen Hui-Ling Liu
• Publisher Stanford University Press
• Publication date 2004
• Publication location Stanford, Calif.
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Paper sculpture, Chinese :: Taiwan :: 20th century
• Taiwan :: Funeral customs and rites
• Taiwan

Up in flames : the ephemeral art of pasted-paper sculpture in Taiwan by Ellen Johnston Laing. ISBN 0804734550. Published by Stanford University Press in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.