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Cave temples of Mogao at Dunhuang : [Book] art and history on the Silk Road / Roderick Whitfield, Susan Whitfield, Neville Agnew ; photography of the Mogao caves by Lois Conner and Wu Jian.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Conservation and cultural heritage ; 9th v.Publisher: Los Angeles, California : Getty Conservation Institute, 2015Copyright date: 2015Edition: Second editionDescription: 158 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781606064450 (paperback)
Uniform titles:
  • Cave temples of Mogao
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.5 23
Other classification:
  • 709.5
Partial 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.
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.Other editions: Revision of:: Whitfield, Roderick. Cave temples of Mogao.
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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 709.5 WHI-C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 55674
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"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.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

"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.

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