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PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 05/05/2026
This book overturns the truism that people carry objects to places. Instead, it asks how objects transport people-physically, imaginatively, and emotionally-to spaces and worlds beyond their immediate reach.?It explores artworks as maps of imagined journeys or as worlds inviting inner exploration, grounded in `deep travel' or psychogeography. Centered on Shanxi, China-a cultural crossroads known as West of Mountains-the book examines pivotal works that model these journeys. Highlights include China's "Stonehenge" tracking solar movements, Zoroastrian-themed sarcophagi, tomb murals depicting afterlife journeys, and Buddhist scrolls for water-land rituals. Lavishly illustrated, the volume combines essays on interconnected themes with close analyses of individual pieces, offering a rich narrative on how art shapes profound spatial and imaginative experiences.Binding: Hardback