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Visualizing Dunhuang: The Lo Archive Photographs of the Mogao and Yulin Caves

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Main Details

Title Visualizing Dunhuang: The Lo Archive Photographs of the Mogao and Yulin Caves
Authors and Contributors      Contributions by Annette Juliano
Contributions by Neville Agnew
Contributions by Jerome Silbergeld
Contributions by Maria Menshikova
Edited by Dora C. Y. Ching
SeriesPublications of the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:3128
Dimensions(mm): Height 343,Width 244
Category/GenreOriental art
History of architecture
Archaeology
Archaeology by period and region
History of religion
Buddhism
ISBN/Barcode 9780691208152
ClassificationsDewey:704.948943095145
Audience
General
Edition 9 Volume Set
Illustrations 106 color + 3,392 tritone + 50 duotone + 388 b/w illus.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 1 June 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

A stunning nine-volume presentation of the incredible Buddhist caves at Dunhuang in northwestern China Situated at an important juncture within the network of silk routes from China through central Asia, the oasis city of Dunhuang was an ancient site of Buddhist religious activity. Southeast of the city, the Mogao Caves, also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, are an astonishing group of of hundreds of caves, carved in the cliffs between the fourth and fourteenth centuries, and containing sculptures and paintings. Further east sit the Yulin Caves, another critical and richly decorated site. Featuring some of the finest examples of Buddhist imagery to be found anywhere in the world, these caves have enticed explorers, archaeologists, artists, scholars, and photographers since the early twentieth century. Visualizing Dunhuang: The Lo Archive Photographs of the Mogao and Yulin Caves presents for the first time in print the comprehensive photographic archive-created in the 1940s by James C. M. Lo (1902-1987) and his wife, Lucy L. Lo (b. 1920)-of the remarkable Buddhist caves at Dunhuang. In this extraordinary nine-volume set, more than 2,500 black-and-white photographs provide an indispensable historical record. Invaluable for their documentary value and artistic quality, and thorough in their coverage and clarity, the images represent a rare perspective on significant monuments, many now irretrievably changed. The Lo Archive serves as a treasure trove of historical, cultural, and artistic information for researchers, art historians, and conservators. The introductory volume includes an essay about the formation and history of the Lo Archive, as well as maps, diagrams, photographs of the Mogao site, and concordances. The central volumes contain photographs of the Mogao and Yulin Caves, diagrammatic plans, collaged photographs, and English and Chinese captions. The final volume is a collection of essays that addresses the complexity and richness of the Lo Archive, and how Dunhuang has been viewed from ancient times to the present. Contributors include Neville Agnew, Dora Ching, Jun Hu, Annette Juliano, Richard Kent, Wei-Cheng Lin, Cary Liu, Maria Menshikova, Jerome Silbergeld, Roderick Whitfield, and Zhao Shengliang. Exquisitely produced, this landmark publication is a definitive reference for scholars, collectors, and libraries in art history and Asian studies. Published in association with the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University

Author Biography

Dora C. Y. Ching is associate director of the P. Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University.

Reviews

"Spectacular. . . . Impressive important. . . . The nine volumes deliver brilliantly on the promise to assist the reader in visualizing Dunhuang and invite further research."---Sarah E. Fraser, Archives of Asian Art