Visualizing Dunhuang

Seeing, Studying, and Conserving the Caves

Shengliang Zhao, Cary Y. Liu, Neville Agnew , Richard K. Kent

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Princeton University Press
15 July 2021

Conservation, restoration & care of artworks; Oriental art; Memorials, monuments; Archaeology by period & region; Landscape archaeology

Series: Publications of the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University

A beautifully illustrated study of the caves at Dunhuang, exploring how this important Buddhist site has been visualised from its creation to today.

Situated at the crossroads of the northern and southern routes of the ancient silk routes in western China, Dunhuang is one of the richest Buddhist sites in the world, with more than 500 richly decorated cave temples constructed between the fourth and fourteenth centuries. The sculptures, murals, portable paintings, and manuscripts found in the Mogao and Yulin Caves at Dunhuang represent every aspect of Buddhism. From its earliest construction to the present, this location has been visualized by many individuals, from the architects, builders, and artists who built the caves to twentieth-century explorers, photographers, and conservators, as well as contemporary artists.

Visualizing Dunhuang: Seeing, Studying, and Conserving the Caves examines how the Lo Archive, a vast collection of photographs taken in the 1940s of the Mogao and Yulin Caves, inspires a broad range of scholarship. Lavishly illustrated with selected Lo Archive and modern photographs, the essays address three main areas - Dunhuang as historical record, as site, and as art and art history. Leading experts across three continents examine a wealth of topics, including expeditionary photography and cave architecture, to demonstrate the intellectual richness of Dunhuang. Diverse as they are in their subjects and methodologies, the essays represent only a fraction of what can be researched about Dunhuang. The high concentration of caves at Mogao and Yulin and their exceptional contents chronicle centuries of artistic styles, shifts in Buddhist doctrine, and patterns of political and private patronage - providing an endless source of material for future work.

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. Published in association with the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University

Contributions by: Shengliang Zhao, Cary Y. Liu, Neville Agnew, Richard K. Kent, Jerome Silbergeld
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 292mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9780691208169
ISBN 10: 0691208166
Series: Publications of the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 15 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for Visualizing Dunhuang: Seeing, Studying, and Conserving the Caves

"""[Visualizing Dunhuang] is a monumental contribution that furthers our understanding of significant developments taking place in early Buddhist doctrine, art, and architecture, as seen through the Los’s lenses.""---Julie Hirsch, Tricycle Magazine ""It’s big, it’s heavy, and it’s beautiful. Dora Ching. . .has created a book that will surely become the volume to have if you are interested in Buddhist art from China or the history of photography. . . . The photographs of the Los beautifully complement the excellent essays in the book, and through them readers can enter into an almost magical world with some of the best tour-guides to accompany them.""---John Butler, Asian Review of Books"