Art, Religion, and Politics in Medieval China : : The Dunhuang Cave of the Zhai Family / / Qiang Ning.
The cave-temple complex popularly known as the Dunhuang caves is the world’s largest extant repository of Tang Buddhist art. Among the best preserved of the Dunhuang caves is the Zhai Family Cave, built in 642. It is this remarkable cave-temple that forms the focus of Ning Qiang’s cross-disciplinary...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Map of the Silk Road
- Chronology of the Mogao Caves
- Introduction
- 1. Iconography of the Original Early Tang Paintings: A Reexamination
- 2. Reconstruction: Historical Layers of the Zhai Family Cave
- 3. Historical and Cultural Values of the Zhai Family Cave
- Appendix One. Illustrations of the Bhaiṣajya-guru Sūtra In The Mogao Caves
- Appendix Two. Illustrations of the Western Paradise in the Mogao Caves
- Appendix Three. Illustrations of the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa Sūtra in the Mogao Caves
- Notes
- List of Chinese Characters
- Works Cited
- Index
- About the Author