Research Catalog
Cave temples of Mogao at Dunhuang : art and history on the Silk Road
- Title
- Cave temples of Mogao at Dunhuang : art and history on the Silk Road / Roderick Whitfield, Susan Whitfield, Neville Agnew ; photography of the Mogao caves by Lois Conner and Wu Jian.
- Author
- Whitfield, Roderick
- Publication
- Los Angeles, California : Getty Conservation Institute, [2015]
- ©2015
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 17-40 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 158 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "An overview of the history and art of the Buddhist cave temples at Mogao, situated near the ancient oasis town of Dunhuang on the Silk Road in western China"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Conservation and cultural heritage ; 9th volume
- Uniform Title
- Cave temples of Mogao
- Conservation and cultural heritage ; 9th v.
- Alternative Title
- Cave temples of Mogao
- Subjects
- Mural painting and decoration, Chinese
- Buddhist art
- Buddhist mural painting and decoration
- Art, Chinese > Tang-Five dynasties
- Mural painting and decoration, Chinese > China > Dunhuang Caves
- China > Dunhuang Caves
- Buddhist art > China > Dunhuang Caves
- 618-960
- Art, Chinese > Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960
- Dunhuang Caves (China)
- Buddhist mural painting and decoration > China > Dunhuang Caves
- Note
- "This is the ninth volume in the Conservation and Cultural Heritage series..."--ECIP galley.
- "In the years since this book's original publication, much has happened at Mogao, and I am delighted to make a few comments regarding this new edition."--Foreword.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JQF 17-40
- ISBN
- 9781606064450 (pbk.)
- 1606064452 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2014047787
- 40025304966
- OCLC
- 900158353
- Author
- Whitfield, Roderick, author.
- Title
- Cave temples of Mogao at Dunhuang : art and history on the Silk Road / Roderick Whitfield, Susan Whitfield, Neville Agnew ; photography of the Mogao caves by Lois Conner and Wu Jian.
- Publisher
- Los Angeles, California : Getty Conservation Institute, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Conservation and cultural heritage ; 9th volumeConservation and cultural heritage ; 9th v.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 618-960
- Added Author
- Whitfield, Susan, 1960- author.Agnew, Neville, 1938- author.
- Other Editions:
- Revision of: Whitfield, Roderick. Cave temples of Mogao. Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute and the J. Getty Museum, 2000 0892365854 (DLC) 00044262 (OCoLC)44270411
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40025304966
- Research Call Number
- JQF 17-40