Schneewind places the institution of pre-mortem shrines at the intersection of politics and religion. When a local official left his post, grateful subjects housed an image of him in a temple, requiting his grace: that was the ideal model. By Ming times, the “living shrine” was legal, old, and justified by readings of the classics. Schneewind argues that the institution could
Strange Brew “Tim Walker: Wonderful Things” on view at the Getty by Bondo Wyszpolski The title of this splashy and colorful exhibition was taken from the diary…