Early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia / / by Marylin Martin Rhie.

• Superior document: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Vierte Abteilung, China ; 12. Bd. = Handbook of Oriental studies, Section 4, China ; 12
• VerfasserIn: Rhie, Marylin M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. China ; 12. Bd.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Volume two of Marylin Rhie’s widely acclaimed and formative multi-volume work presents a comprehensive, scholarly and detailed study of the Buddhist art of China and Central Asia from 316-439 A.D. during the formative early periods of Buddhism in the Eastern Chin and Sixteen Kingdoms Period. Using texts translated from the Chinese together with stylistic and technical analyses, the chronology and sources of the art are more clearly defined than in previous studies for the regions of South and North China (other than Kansu) and the important sites of Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr on the Northern Silk Route in eastern Central Asia. Furthermore, by incorporating extensive religious and historical materials, this work not only contributes to clarifying the regional characteristics of the art, but also offers new insights into the broader, interregional relationships of this politically fragmented period.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- China -- Buddhism and Buddhist art in the South Under The Eastern Chin (317-420 A.D.) -- Buddhism and Buddhist art in the North (ca. 317-417 A.D.) -- Central Asia -- Tumshuk -- The Kucha Oasis -- Karashahr -- Bibliography -- Index -- Preliminary Material -- Color Plates -- Black-and-White Plates.