Early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia / Volume 3, : The Western Ch'in in Kansu in the Sixteen Kingdoms period and inter-relationships with the Buddhist art of Gandhara / / by Marylin Martin Rhie.
This book, third in a series on the early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia, centers on Buddhist art from the Western Ch'in (385-431 A.D.) in eastern Kansu (northwest China), primarily from the cave temples of Ping-ling ssu and Mai-chi shan. A detailed chronological and iconographic study...
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| Superior document: | Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 4, China, vol. 12/3 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Handbuch der Orientalistik. China ;
v. 12/3. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1017 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | This book, third in a series on the early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia, centers on Buddhist art from the Western Ch'in (385-431 A.D.) in eastern Kansu (northwest China), primarily from the cave temples of Ping-ling ssu and Mai-chi shan. A detailed chronological and iconographic study of sculptures and wall paintings in Cave 169 at Ping-ling ssu particularly yields a chronological framework for unlocking the difficult issues of dating early fifth century Chinese Buddhist art, and offers some new insights into textual sources in the Lotus, Hua-yen and Amitabha sutras. Further, this study introduces the iconographpy of the five Buddhas and its relation to the art of Gandhara and the famous five colossal T'an-yao caves at Yün-kang. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283852462 9004190198 |
| ISSN: | 0169-9520 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Marylin Martin Rhie. |