Description: Further DetailsTitle: Cave Temples of Mogao at DunhuangCondition: NewEAN: 9781606064450ISBN: 9781606064450Publisher: Getty PublicationsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/29/2015Item Height: 252mmItem Length: 205mmItem Width: 16mmItem Weight: 708gAuthor: Roderick WhitfieldLanguage: EnglishDescription: This book offers a revised and expanded look at a world-renowned artistic treasure and its conversation. The Mogao grottoes in China, situated near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world's most significant sites of Buddhist art. The hundreds of caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi desert preserve one thousand years of exquisite art. Founded by Buddhist monks as an isolated monastery in the late fourth century, Mogao evolved into an artistic and spiritual mecca whose renown extended from the Chinese capital to the Western Kingdoms of the Silk Road. Among its treasures are miles of stunning wall paintings, more than two thousand statues, magnificent works on silk and paper, and thousands of ancient manuscripts, such as sutras, poems, and prayer sheets. In this new expanded edition, Cave Temples of Mogao at Dunhuang, first published in 2000, combines lavish color photographs of the caves and their art with the fascinating history of the Silk Road to create a vivid portrait of this remarkable site.Chapters narrate the development of Dunhuang and the Mogao cave temples, the iconography of the wall paintings, and the extraordinary story of the rare manuscripts-including the oldest printed book in existence, a ninth-century copy of the Diamond Sutra.The book also discusses the collaboration between the Getty Conservation Institute and Chinese authorities in conservation projects at Mogao, and the ways in which the site can be visited today.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Arts & PhotographyRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Cave Temples of Mogao at Dunhuang
Title: Cave Temples of Mogao at Dunhuang
EAN: 9781606064450
ISBN: 9781606064450
Release Date: 09/29/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Edition: 2
Book Title: Cave Temples of Mogao at Dunhuang : Art and History on the Silk Road, Second Edition
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Getty Publications
Topic: Archaeology, Asian / Chinese, Conservation & Preservation, Asian / General, Asia / China, Decorative Arts
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.6 in
Features: Revised
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Design, Art, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 24.3 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Susan Whitfield, Roderick Whitfield, Neville Agnew
Item Width: 8 in
Book Series: Conservation and Cultural Heritage Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
