Cave temples of Mogao : art and history on the silk road / Roderick Whitfield, Susan Whitfield, Neville Agnew ; photography of the Mogao caves by Lois Conner and Wu Jian.

Main entry:

Whitfield, Roderick.

Title & Author:

Cave temples of Mogao : art and history on the silk road / Roderick Whitfield, Susan Whitfield, Neville Agnew ; photography of the Mogao caves by Lois Conner and Wu Jian.

Publication:

Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute and the J. Getty Museum, 2000.

Description:

138 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Conservation and cultural heritage

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
At the Desert Gateway to China -- The Blazing Beacon -- Lost Treasures of the Silk Road -- The Peerless Caves -- Temples of the Pure Lands -- A Millennium of Murals -- Conserving the Heritage of Mogao -- Monasteries, Monks, and Manuscripts -- The Art Gallery in the Desert.

Summary:

"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."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0892365854 (pbk.)
9780892365852 (pbk.)

Subject:

Buddhist art China Dunhuang Caves.
Art, Chinese Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960.
Buddhist mural painting and decoration China Dunhuang Caves.
Mural painting and decoration, Chinese China Dunhuang Caves.
Art bouddhique Chine Dunhuang, Grottes de.
Art chinois 618-960 (Dynastie des Tang et les Cinq Dynasties)
20.51 Buddhist art.
Art, Chinese Tang-Five dynasties
Buddhist art
Buddhist mural painting and decoration
Mural painting and decoration, Chinese
Muurschilderingen.
Tempels.
Boeddhistische kunst.
Zijderoute.
Buddhist art China Tun-huang Caves
Buddhist mural painting and decoration China Tun-huang Caves
Mural painting and decoration, Chinese China Tun-huang Caves
Art, Chinese Tʻang-Five dynasties, 618-960.
Mural painting and decoration, Buddhist China Tun-huang Caves.
Dunhuang Caves (China)
Dunhuang, Grottes de (Chine)
China Dunhuang Caves
Mogaogrotten

Form/genre:

Bildband.

Added entries:

Whitfield, Susan, 1960-
Agnew, Neville, 1938-
Conner, Lois
Wu, Jian
Conservation and cultural heritage.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222516
Call No.: N8193.C6 W4 2000
Status: Available

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