Dunhuang Art - Through the Eyes of Duan Wenjie

Dunhuang Art - Through the Eyes of Duan Wenjie

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Author: Tan Chung
Editor(s): Tan Chung
Publisher: Abhinav Publications
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: 456
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170173132

Description

Dunhuang although internationally known is infrequently visited. The Mogao shrine at Dunhuang is a cluster of 492 caves, containing 45,000 square metres of frescoes and 2,415 stucco statues. These caves were created, renovated and maintained continually with devotion and care from the 4th upto the 14th century. In this volume we have provided an English translation of selected writings of Prof. Duan Wenjie, Director of the Dunhuang Academy who has given a chronological study of the contents inside the Mogao caves with several decades of research of the Dunhuang Academy under his command.

Prof. Tan Chung, the editor, has furnished an illuminating introduction, while Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, the driving spirit behind this volume, has made succinct comments in her ‘foreword’. A valuable information on all the Mogao caves has been added. Colour and black and white photographs and fine sketches by Vineet Kumar supplement the text.

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts is committed to exploring all dimensions of art. It feels privileged to place before art historians and art lovers of the English-speaking world first-hand information about his unique art gallery going back to one-and-a-half millennia.

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgement

List of Colour Illustrations
Chronological Chart
Introduction
Style and Artistry of Dunhuang Art
Dunhuang Art during the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern Dynasties
Dunhuang Art during the First Half of the Tang Dynasty
Dunhuang Art during the Second Half of the Tang Dynasty
Dunhuang Art in the Last Phase
Salient Features of the Dunhuang Cave Art
Conservation and Copying of Cultural Relics at Dunhuang Colour Illustrations Periodization of the Mogao Caves
A Glimpse of the Mogao Caves

Glossary

Bibliography

Index