Bulletin, Issues 66-67The Museum, 1994 - China |
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Page 82
... grotto represents the first major work in stone to respond to the laity's needs by adapting a format previously popularized in another medium , the illustrated handscroll . Zhao Zhifeng and the Production of Baodingshan The grotto site ...
... grotto represents the first major work in stone to respond to the laity's needs by adapting a format previously popularized in another medium , the illustrated handscroll . Zhao Zhifeng and the Production of Baodingshan The grotto site ...
Page 83
... grotto follows the natural contours of the surrounding landscape , taking a semi - circular shape formed by the erosion of the rock by local springs . The scenes at Great Buddha Bend were probably meant to be viewed by a pilgrim ...
... grotto follows the natural contours of the surrounding landscape , taking a semi - circular shape formed by the erosion of the rock by local springs . The scenes at Great Buddha Bend were probably meant to be viewed by a pilgrim ...
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... grotto developed from handscroll prototypes , be they bianwen or bianxiang . Zhao Zhifeng may have been responding to a need for edifying works to portray specific scenes from Buddhist sources . The populace preferred entertainment to ...
... grotto developed from handscroll prototypes , be they bianwen or bianxiang . Zhao Zhifeng may have been responding to a need for edifying works to portray specific scenes from Buddhist sources . The populace preferred entertainment to ...
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Baodingshan Beijing Bian wei lu Bodhisattva bronze catalogues Buddha Buddha Bend Buddhist Cave century Chen Chengdu China Chinese chubanshe coins composite rubbings County Daoist Daoist pantheon Dashou dated deities depicted diaosu ding Dizang Dong dragon Emperor ewers excavated figure fountain Four Saints Frag Fusang grotto Guan Guanghan Guijiayuanzi Guizhou Han dynasty Han mu handscroll Heaven Hejiashan hell tableau hua hu iconography images Jieqi jing juan Kaogu Khubilai King lamp Laozi Luoyang Mianyang money tree Money tree base Mongol monk motif Museum painted Photograph by author Qian Qing Qiu Chuji Quanzhen sect Ruan Yuan Scripture Shaanxi Shang Shanhaijing Sichuan Siku quanshu Sisheng Song dynasty Southern Song Tang Tianpeng tomb Toronto murals vessels Wang White fig xian immortals Xiang Xingren Xiwangmu yamu yaoqianshu yiqi kuanshi Yunnan Zhang Zhao Zhifeng Zhaotong Zhen Zhenwu Zhongguo meishu quanji Zhou Zong