"The Mogao cave temples on China's fabled Silk Road constitute one of the world's most significant sites of Buddhist art. Founded by monks as an isolated monastery in the late fourth century, Mogao evolved into a spiritual and artistic mecca renowned throughout China and central Asia....

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Hauptverfasser:	Whitfield, Roderick (VerfasserIn), Whitfield, Susan (VerfasserIn), Agnew, Neville (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Los Angeles Getty Conservation Inst. 2000
Schriftenreihe:	Conservation and cultural heritage 4
Schlagworte:	Boeddhistische kunst Muurschilderingen Tempels Zijderoute Art, Chinese > Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960 Buddhist art > China > Dunhuang Caves Buddhist mural painting and decoration > China > Dunhuang Caves Mural painting and decoration, Chinese > China > Dunhuang Caves Dunhuang Caves (China) Mogaogrotten > Dunhuang Bildband
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Zusammenfassung:	"The Mogao cave temples on China's fabled Silk Road constitute one of the world's most significant sites of Buddhist art. Founded by monks as an isolated monastery in the late fourth century, Mogao evolved into a spiritual and artistic mecca renowned throughout China and central Asia. Here, in some five hundred caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi Desert, was preserved the pageantry of one thousand years - miles of wall paintings, more than two thousand statues, magnificent works on silk and paper, and tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts." "Cave Temples of Mogao tells the fascinating story of this remarkable site and of nearby Dunhuang, desert gateway to China. It also describes the long-term collaboration between the Getty Conservation Institute and Chinese authorities to preserve the Mogao shrines."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	138 S. zahlr. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:	0892365854