Presenting the earliest Buddhist art of China in its context of the Bactrian and Southern Silk Road regions in Central Asia (1st to the 4th century AD), this book offers clarifications of the issues assesses the cross-cultural and cross-regional interrelationships, sources, dating and chronology during these initial phases. It offers an overview of the period and an analysis of the art: individually, within its local region and in relation to the wider, trans-Asian scope.
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'"The wide scope of topics, sites, and items discussed [], the expert knowledge of the author and the lucid style, in which Rhie presents the results of her studies, make this volume of the HdO a most welcome [..] study, a reference tool, and a comprehensive collection of illustrations that will be indispensable for readers interested in the history of Central Asian and Chinese Buddhism during the 1st to 4th c. A.D.'
Gerd Wddow, "Monumenta Serica, 1999.
'"a work certain to become an important benchmark in the study of the complex relationship between Buddhist art in Central Asia an in China in the early centuries of the Christian era. Although not all the conclusions reached and the artistic relations observed will always be shared by other scholars, the impressive research carried out on this material is sure to constitute a starting point for all future investigations in this field.'
Nicoletta Celli, "Central Asiatic Journal, 2002.
Gerd Wddow, "Monumenta Serica, 1999.
'"a work certain to become an important benchmark in the study of the complex relationship between Buddhist art in Central Asia an in China in the early centuries of the Christian era. Although not all the conclusions reached and the artistic relations observed will always be shared by other scholars, the impressive research carried out on this material is sure to constitute a starting point for all future investigations in this field.'
Nicoletta Celli, "Central Asiatic Journal, 2002.
About the Author
Marylin M. Rhie, Ph.D. (1970) in Chinese Buddhist Art History, University of Chicago, is Jessie Wells Post Professor of Art at Smith College. She has written extensively on the Buddhist art of Asia, including Wisdom and Compassion, the Sacred Art of Tibet (with R. Thurman).
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