- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Scala Publishers Ltd (8 Jan 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857595408
- ISBN-13: 978-1857595406
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 20.6 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 777,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The cave temples of Mogao are near Dunhuang at the extreme western end of the Silk Road in China. Founded by Buddhist monks in the fourth century, the caves were inhabited as an isolated monastery for over 1,000 years. The murals with which the caves were decorated create one of the finest examples of Buddhist art in China, reflecting the changing styles of Chinese art for more than a millennium. The caves were also the repository of many other treasures, including works on silk and paper as well as tens of thousands of Buddhist manuscripts. The site itself, on the fringes of the Gobi desert, is one of great beauty and historical resonance. This book examines 50 of the finest caves in detail. Richly illustrated and beautifully designed, it gives an unparalleled introduction to the site, the quality of the murals and the other contents, and outlines one of the most fascinating stories in Asian history.
About the Author
Fan Jinshi, President of the Dunhuang Research Institute, has worked at Dunhuang since 1963, dedicating herself to the preservation and management of the caves and their contents.
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Beautiful art with historical significance
27 Aug 2011
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This book now becomes the main source for top-quality representations of the shrine and temple paintings of Dunhuang. In the early Middle Ages, Dunhuang was a major center on the Silk Road, and became a huge focus for religious activity, mostly Buddhist but also Daoist and other. The caves were then abandoned and sealed, to be rediscovered, entered, and explored in the 19th and 20th centuries. Much of the art was carried off, but the walls remained, and the head of the Dunhuang Institute here very ably introduces them and gives the history and meaning of the art. One interesting aspect is the physical variety of local people: the portraits show a wide range of physical types, from Russian-like to Persian, Turkic and Chinese. Every lover of Asian art should have this book.
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