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...Sonya S. Lee Abstract Kucha was one of the major political powers and cultural centers along the ancient Silk Road, home to a great number of Buddhist cave temples that have survived from the time of their creation sometime between the third century and the eighth. Although they are not as well...

...] Wall Paintings of Central Asia Possessed by the National Jo Yeontae is Assistant Conservator of Mural and Stone Museum of Korea in Mural Paintings of the Silk Road: at the National Museum of Korea. Her recent publica- Cultural Exchanges between East and West, Proceedings tions include ‘‘Conservation...

... definition of the intended viewership, see note 38 above. 62. This is a common motif that has been found in Buddhist caves across the Silk Road region since at least the seventh century. At Dunhuang, for example, Mogao 329 and 331 have them as well. See Dunhuang yanjiu yuan, Dunhuang shiku neirong...

... of Wooden Architecture on the Ancient Silk Road . Berlin : Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , 2016 . Shi, Zhangru 石璋如 . Mogaoku xing 莫高窟形 [Section and plan measurements of the Mogao Grottoes]. 3 vols. Taipei : Academia Sinica, Institute of History of Philology , 1996 . Stein, M. Aurel...

... Cribb, ‘‘A New Bactrian Inscription approach to narrative reliefs. of Kanishka the Great Silk Road Art and Archaeology, vol. 4 (1995/1996), pp. 74–142, esp. pp. 105–7. With a Notes...

... 21. Si-Yu-Ki, vol. 2, p. 121. Buddhist Iconography, and Its Position in the Asian Buddhist World," 22.At Bodhgaya there are not even narrative panels known that depict Silk Road Art and Archaeology, vol. 2 [1991-92], pp. 239-83) are impor- the Maravijaya as found in Kusana-period works from...

... of Daqin 大秦.” 51 “Daqin” refers to the Roman Empire. It is located at the end of the Silk Road and was considered—by third-century people in China—the farthest country to the west. It seems that from the Warring States to the Three Kingdoms period, the location of Mount Kunlun gradually moved farther...

... Jiang (ca. 1690–1724), Carts on a Winding Mountain Road, dated 1694. Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 181 Â 93 cm. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 35-151. 262 ARCHIVES OF ASIAN ART...

..., Annette . Teng-hsien: An Important Six Dynasties Tomb . Ascona, Switzerland : Artibus Asiae , 1980 . Juliano, Annette L. , and Judith A. Lerner . Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China . New York : Harry N. Abrams , 2001 . Kirkova, Zornica . Roaming...

... made to us to see the silk rolls as a landscape­ journey­ in which save sentient­ beings.­ 89 At the same time, how­ever,­ the text the pictorial ground be­comes the road. also inti­ ­mates that the making­ of the scroll set sat­is­fied Two notes can be appended to this ob­ser­va­tion...

...Roderick Whitfield Abstract This paper discusses the roles of Shen Yuan, an artist at the Yongzheng court, who produced the monochrome cartoon of Qingming shanghe tu , and of the five court artists who produced the final version in colors on silk. Their respective contributions show that Shen Yuan...

... World Mandala , Saiin version, ninth century. Owned by Tōji, Kyoto. Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 185.5 × 163 cm. Photograph: courtesy of Tōji, Kyoto. Figure 1. The Womb World Mandala, Saiin version, ninth century. Owned by Tōji, Kyoto. Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 185.5 × 163 cm...

... (Giuseppe Castiglione, 1688–1766), Vase and Flowers . Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 113.4 × 59.5 cm. The Collection of National Palace Museum, Taipei. Photograph: The Collection of National Palace Museum. Figure 14. Lang Shining (Giuseppe Castiglione, 1688–1766), Vase and Flowers. Hanging scroll...

... scroll; ink, color, gold on silk; 49.2 Â 86.9 cm. Hoshino Garo¯ , Kyoto. sions show a single individual successfully making the ing in the Seattle Art Museum (Fig. 3), rather than on crossing to paradise. the horizontal-vertical axis as in the Cleveland version...

... a rather busy one in that regard: in addition to his multi-plate panorama, Itier's entry for this date also registers a portrait session with Pan Shicheng (1804–1873), the wealthiest man in the city and key intermediary with foreign merchants, and his photographic documentation of a silk tapestry Pan...

... up the meandering paths that wind around serried cliffs, Casting a net, a boat follows crooked banks. [Within only] a few feet of ice-white silk, sufficient is the idea of seclusion; [She is] fully aware that the divine brush excels the workings of Nature. 18 粧奩塵掩坐春慵, 睡起紗窓日射紅. 一片江山生眼底, 萬重...

... Fig. 1. An Gyeon (act. ca. 1440–ca. 1472). Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land. Dated to 1447. Korea. Handscroll; ink and light color on silk; h. 38.7 cm, w. 106.1 cm. Tenri University Library, Nara, Japan. of each of these categories without claiming this to and associated with Guo Zhongshu...

... Ji, 1082-1135; r. The Five-Colored Parakeet. Northern Song, datable to iiios. Handscroll; ink and color on silk; S3.3 x 125.1 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 33.364. Maria Antoinette Evans Fund, 1933. Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...

..., detail, early 12th century. Handscroll, ink and light color on silk, 37 Â 518.5 cm. The Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (artwork in the public domain...

... of Tao Yuanming Returning to Seclusion. Handscroll; ink and color on silk; h. 37 cm, 1. 518.5 cm. Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. sage about freeing oneself from the world. It opens with an I built my cottage in a peopled place introduction to the view from his garden...