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Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road

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Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road - Agnew, Neville (Editor), and Reed, Marcia (Editor), and Ball, Tevvy (Editor)
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The Mogao grottoes in northwestern China, located near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world's most significant sites of Buddhist art. Preserved in some five hundred caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi Desert are one thousand years of exquisite wall paintings and sculpture. Founded by Buddhist monks in the late fourth century, Mogao grew into an artistic and spiritual center whose renown extended from the Chinese capital to the far western kingdoms of the Silk Road. ...

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Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road 2016, Getty Conservation Institute

ISBN-13: 9781606064894

Hardcover