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Art, religion, and politics in medieval China : the Dunhuang cave of the Zhai Family, Ning Qiang
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- Summary
- The cave-temple complex popularly known as the Dunhuang caves is the world's largest extant repository of Tang Buddhist art. Among the best preserved of the Dunhuang caves is the Zhai Family Cave, built in 642. It is this remarkable cave-temple that forms the focus of Ning Qiang's cross-disciplinary exploration of the interrelationship of art, religion, and politics during the Tang. The author combines, in his careful examination of the paintings and sculptures found there, the historical study of pictures with the pictorial study of history. By employing this two-fold approach, he is able to refer to textual evidence in interpreting the formal features of the cave temple paintings and to employ visual details to fill in the historical gaps inevitably left by text-oriented scholars. The result is a comprehensive analysis of the visual culture of the period and a vivid description of social life in medieval China. The original Zhai Family Cave pictures were painted over in the tenth century and remained hidden until the early 1940s. Once exposed, the early artwork appeared fresh and colorful in comparison with other Tang paintings at Dunhuang. The relatively fine condition of the Zhai Family Cave is crucial to our understanding of the original pictorial program found there and offers a unique opportunity to investigate the visual details of the original paintings and sculptures in the cave. At the same time, the remaining traces of reconstruction and redecoration provide a new perspective on how, for over three centuries, a wealthy Chinese clan used its familial cave as a political showcase
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 178 pages)
- Contents
-
- Illustrations of the Bhaisajya-guru Sutra in the Mogao Caves
- App. 2.
- Illustrations of the Western Paradise in the Mogao Caves
- App. 3.
- Illustrations of the Vimalakirti-nirdesa Sutra in the Mogao Caves
- Chronology of the Mogao Caves
- Ch. 1.
- Iconography of the Original Early Tang Paintings: A Reexamination
- Ch. 2.
- Reconstruction: Historical Layers of the Zhai Family Cave
- Ch. 3.
- Historical and Cultural Values of the Zhai Family Cave
- App. 1.
- Isbn
- 9780824861490
- Label
- Art, religion, and politics in medieval China : the Dunhuang cave of the Zhai Family
- Title
- Art, religion, and politics in medieval China
- Title remainder
- the Dunhuang cave of the Zhai Family
- Statement of responsibility
- Ning Qiang
- Subject
-
- ART -- History | General
- ART -- Techniques | Painting
- Art, Chinese -- Tang-Five dynasties
- Art, Chinese -- Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960
- Boeddhisme
- Buddhist art
- Buddhist art -- China | Dunhuang Caves
- Buddhist mural painting and decoration
- Buddhist mural painting and decoration -- China | Dunhuang Caves
- Buddhistisk konst
- 221 B.C.-960 A.D
- China -- Civilization -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D
- China -- Dunhuang Caves
- Civilization
- Dunhuang Caves (China)
- Mural painting and decoration, Chinese
- Mural painting and decoration, Chinese -- China | Dunhuang Caves
- Muralmåleri
- Muurschilderkunst
- Tang-dynastie
- China
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The cave-temple complex popularly known as the Dunhuang caves is the world's largest extant repository of Tang Buddhist art. Among the best preserved of the Dunhuang caves is the Zhai Family Cave, built in 642. It is this remarkable cave-temple that forms the focus of Ning Qiang's cross-disciplinary exploration of the interrelationship of art, religion, and politics during the Tang. The author combines, in his careful examination of the paintings and sculptures found there, the historical study of pictures with the pictorial study of history. By employing this two-fold approach, he is able to refer to textual evidence in interpreting the formal features of the cave temple paintings and to employ visual details to fill in the historical gaps inevitably left by text-oriented scholars. The result is a comprehensive analysis of the visual culture of the period and a vivid description of social life in medieval China. The original Zhai Family Cave pictures were painted over in the tenth century and remained hidden until the early 1940s. Once exposed, the early artwork appeared fresh and colorful in comparison with other Tang paintings at Dunhuang. The relatively fine condition of the Zhai Family Cave is crucial to our understanding of the original pictorial program found there and offers a unique opportunity to investigate the visual details of the original paintings and sculptures in the cave. At the same time, the remaining traces of reconstruction and redecoration provide a new perspective on how, for over three centuries, a wealthy Chinese clan used its familial cave as a political showcase
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ning, Qiang
- Dewey number
- 755/.943/095145
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- N8193.C6
- LC item number
- N56 2004eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Buddhist art
- Art, Chinese
- Buddhist mural painting and decoration
- Mural painting and decoration, Chinese
- Dunhuang Caves (China)
- China
- ART
- ART
- Art, Chinese
- Buddhist art
- Buddhist mural painting and decoration
- Civilization
- Mural painting and decoration, Chinese
- China
- China
- Muurschilderkunst
- Boeddhisme
- Tang-dynastie
- Buddhistisk konst
- Muralmåleri
- Label
- Art, religion, and politics in medieval China : the Dunhuang cave of the Zhai Family, Ning Qiang
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Illustrations of the Bhaisajya-guru Sutra in the Mogao Caves
- App. 2.
- Illustrations of the Western Paradise in the Mogao Caves
- App. 3.
- Illustrations of the Vimalakirti-nirdesa Sutra in the Mogao Caves
- Chronology of the Mogao Caves
- Ch. 1.
- Iconography of the Original Early Tang Paintings: A Reexamination
- Ch. 2.
- Reconstruction: Historical Layers of the Zhai Family Cave
- Ch. 3.
- Historical and Cultural Values of the Zhai Family Cave
- App. 1.
- Control code
- 875895262
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 178 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824861490
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62p60q
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875895262
- Label
- Art, religion, and politics in medieval China : the Dunhuang cave of the Zhai Family, Ning Qiang
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Illustrations of the Bhaisajya-guru Sutra in the Mogao Caves
- App. 2.
- Illustrations of the Western Paradise in the Mogao Caves
- App. 3.
- Illustrations of the Vimalakirti-nirdesa Sutra in the Mogao Caves
- Chronology of the Mogao Caves
- Ch. 1.
- Iconography of the Original Early Tang Paintings: A Reexamination
- Ch. 2.
- Reconstruction: Historical Layers of the Zhai Family Cave
- Ch. 3.
- Historical and Cultural Values of the Zhai Family Cave
- App. 1.
- Control code
- 875895262
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 178 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824861490
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62p60q
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)875895262
Subject
- ART -- History | General
- ART -- Techniques | Painting
- Art, Chinese -- Tang-Five dynasties
- Art, Chinese -- Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960
- Boeddhisme
- Buddhist art
- Buddhist art -- China | Dunhuang Caves
- Buddhist mural painting and decoration
- Buddhist mural painting and decoration -- China | Dunhuang Caves
- Buddhistisk konst
- 221 B.C.-960 A.D
- China -- Civilization -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D
- China -- Dunhuang Caves
- Civilization
- Dunhuang Caves (China)
- Mural painting and decoration, Chinese
- Mural painting and decoration, Chinese -- China | Dunhuang Caves
- Muralmåleri
- Muurschilderkunst
- Tang-dynastie
- China
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