Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-huang
by Gray, Basil and Arthur Waley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G+ (No dj; ex-art library with label marks and little writing on covers, a ding to open edge and a bumped corner; bookplates; ot
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1959. Hardcover. G+ (No dj; ex-art library with label marks and little writing on covers, a ding to open edge and a bumped corner; bookplates; otherwise only generally aged overall.). Gray cloth with crimson title block and gilt letters on spine, 86 text pp. plus 70 color and BW plate pages at rear. Based on the photographs taken by John B. Vincent in 1948. Addresses 70 views, with annotations first and then illustrations. The opening narrative covers the organization of the Tun-Huang Buddhist community, the stylistic development of painting, the landscape elements, the Sui and T'ang caves, the paradise paintings, the Lotus Sutra, technique, and more.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158336
- Title
- Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-huang
- Author
- Gray, Basil and Arthur Waley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+ (No dj; ex-art library with label marks and little writing on covers, a ding to open edge and a bumped corner; bookplates; ot
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Asian Art ; Buddhist Cave Paintings ; ;
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